Based on observation of laundry storage and laundry procedures, staff interviews, review of facility laundry policy, and facility laundry staff training, the facility failed to ensure that staff were trained in infection control processes related to the laundering of linens and resident clothing to prevent cross-contamination. Both of the facility laundry machines (2 of 2) have been non-functional since at least November 2023. Facility staff are transporting soiled laundry to a local laundromat for washing, then bringing the wet laundry back to dry. However, not all the wet laundry could be dried at once, so some of the clean wet laundry was stored wet, often overnight. The laundry was not being handled, stored, processed, or transported, in a manner to prevent the spread of infection. …
F945 citations in Florida
Infection Control Deficiencies
Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Florida cites F945 less often than its own record predicts
0.59 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Florida in 2024, this is the portion that was F945.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Florida surveyors wrote
F945 findings written in Florida, 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.
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