Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to conduct testing for COVID-19 (an infectious disease causing respiratory illness with symptoms including cough, fever new or worsening malaise, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of taste or smell, and in severe cases, difficulty breathing that could result in severe impairment or death) in a manner that is consistent with current standards of practice for conducting COVID-19 testing for four of four residents (87, 77, 84, 389) and eight of ten staff (P, SS, O, C, TT, UU, YY, L) reviewed for COVID-19 testing. In addition, the facility failed to provide a designated physical space for staff testing and failed to ensure infection prevention strategies were maintained. …
F886 citations in Washington
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.
Against expectation — 2023
Washington cites F886 less often than its own record predicts
0.68 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Washington in 2023, this is the portion that was F886.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Washington surveyors wrote
F886 findings written in Washington, 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 observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to conduct testing for COVID-19 (infectious disease by a new virus causing respiratory illness with symptoms including cough, fever, new or worsening malaise, headache, or new dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of taste or smell, and in severe cases difficulty breathing that could result in severe impairment or death) in a manner that was consistent with current standards of practice for one of two staff (Staff H) observed for COVID-19 testing. This failure placed residents and staff at risk for transmission of COVID-19. A COVID-19 outbreak began in the facility on 04/16/2023 with five residents testing positive. …
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