Based on staff interview and record review, the facility did not conduct testing of residents and staff consistent with current standards of practice for COVID-19 testing. This had the potential to affect all 52 residents residing in the facility. The facility did not initiate an outbreak investigation, conduct COVID-19 testing or complete contract tracing when a new case of COVID-19 was identified among residents or staff. Findings include: CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Memo QSO-20-38-NH, dated 8/26/2020 and revised 9/23/22, provides guidance for COVID-19 testing of nursing home staff and residents and contains the following information: To enhance efforts to keep COVID-19 from entering and spreading through nursing homes, facilities are required to test residents and… …
F886 citations in Wisconsin
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
Wisconsin cites F886 more often than its own record predicts
2.82 times the share F886 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin surveyors wrote
F886 findings written in Wisconsin, 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 interview and record review, the facility did not document that testing was completed for staff or residents with signs or symptoms of COVID 19. This has the potential to affect all 50 residents. This is evidenced by: Facility policy for testing in part; Testing of Staff and Residents with COVID-19 Symptoms or Signs Staff with symptoms or signs of COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status, must be tested as soon as possible and are expected to be restricted from the facility pending the results of COVID-19 testing. …
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