F882: Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home
F882 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
It sits in CMS's infection control category.
CMS Health Deficiencies file, data as of September 1, 2026. The files hold each home's last three standard inspections and three years of complaint visits.
How seriously inspectors rate it
Every citation gets a letter for how much harm inspectors found and how many residents it touched (how to read the letters). 17.3% of F882 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 2, C 28, D 154, E 136, F 502, G 1, L 4.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F882 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, August 5, 2026, scope and severity FBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure the staff person designated as the Infection Preventionist (IP), who was responsible for the facility's Infection Prevention and Control Program (IPCP), was certified and had completed the specialized training in infection prevention and control
Shawnee Gardens Healthcare & Rehab Center, Shawnee, KS
Inspectors wrote, July 30, 2026, scope and severity FBased on job description review, interviews, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure a qualified Infection Preventionist (IP) was designated to oversee program implementation to prevent and control infections for 115 census residents. This failure had the potential to interfere with the skills and knowledge of the staff overseeing infections.
McCoy Memorial Nursing Center, Bishopville, SC
Inspectors wrote, July 28, 2026, scope and severity FBased on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a qualified employee was assigned to perform the duties of infection preventionist in the facility. The DON identified 76 residents resided in the facility.
Countryside Estates, Warner, OK
Most recent F882 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 5 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2026 | Oak Park Nursing and Rehab Center | Madison, WI | L | Complaint |
| March 3, 2025 | Springfield Health & Rehab | Springfield, VT | G | Complaint |
| December 23, 2023 | Avir at Arden Wood | Houston, TX | L | Complaint |
| August 17, 2023 | Life Care Ctr of Lawrenceville | Lawrenceville, GA | L | Standard |
| March 21, 2023 | Bayshore Nursing & Rehab | Glendale, WI | L | Standard |
Most recent F882 citations
F882 citations by state
Counts depend on how many homes a state has and how often its inspectors visit, so a larger number is not by itself a worse record.
By inspection year: 2020 2, 2021 22, 2022 83, 2023 175, 2024 249, 2025 197, 2026 99.
Common questions
- What is F882 in a nursing home inspection?
- F882 is the federal requirement to "designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home". CMS files it under infection control. A home cited under F882 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F882 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 827 F882 citations at 775 nursing homes, 143 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.6% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F882 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F882 citations (95.8%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 4 were immediate jeopardy, the most serious level.
The interpretive guidance inspectors use for each F-tag is CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. NursingHomeClear reports the citations as CMS records them and is not affiliated with CMS. All F-tags · Methodology