Based on interview, review of the facility policy, and review of COVID-19 documentation, the facility failed to test residents and staff appropriately according to outbreak guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This failure had the potential to negatively impact all staff and residents in the facility. On 1/11/22 at 7:40 PM, the Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) and the Director of Nursing (DON) were notified that the facility's failure to test all residents and staff consistently and failed to ensure COVID-19 positive residents has delegated staff to care for their needs and not the needs of COVID-19 positive residents and non-COVID-19 positive residents simultaneously.The IJ at F886 was determined to first exist on 12/17/21, the date where a Certified Nursing… …
F886 citations in South Carolina
Infection Control Deficiencies
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
No F886 citations were recorded in South Carolina for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Carolina surveyors wrote
F886 findings written in South Carolina, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on review of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) QSO-20-38-NH Revised, and policy review, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to perform COVID-19 testing immediately for all staff and residents regardless of vaccination status when an outbreak was identified and failed to retest every three to seven days until no additional cases were identified for 14 days. The facility failed to perform thorough contact tracing when staff tested positive for COVID-19 to determine residents and staff with higher exposure which added to the noncompliance with staff and resident testing in an outbreak. …
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