Survey Alert

Readiness tool

Infection control is still the Standard survey headliner

In the July Guide, infection control was the clearest Standard survey pattern across the six Survey Alert states. Use the data to review whether infection prevention records, audits, and correction follow-up can stand on their own.

July Guide pattern

In the July Guide, F0880 was the top Standard survey citation in every Survey Alert state.

1,225Facilities with F0880 cited
3,179Active covered facilities
6 statesF0880 ranked #1 in each

If surveyors pull the infection prevention record today, the facility should be able to show observations, decisions, correction, and monitoring without rebuilding the timeline.

Record trace

  • Pull the last infection-control concern and trace observation, immediate action, follow-up, and monitoring.
  • Check whether hand hygiene, PPE, isolation, cleaning, and surveillance audits show owner follow-through.
  • Confirm outbreak, communicable-disease, immunization, and antibiotic-stewardship records are retrievable.
  • Look for internal findings that were corrected in practice but left thin in the record.
  • Use the same trace across shifts so leadership does not rely on one person carrying the story.

Useful source tools

CMS publishes the current nursing-home Survey Resources ZIP, which includes Long-Term Care Survey Process survey tools, and a Head-to-Toe Infection Prevention Toolkit for nursing homes.