F945: Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program
F945 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
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). 24.4% of F945 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: D 61, E 59, F 39, L 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F945 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, June 29, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interview, personnel record review, and document review, the facility failed to ensure initial and annual infection control training was completed timely per facility policy for 3 of 20 sampled employees (Employee #9, #15 and #16). This deficient practice had the potential to put residents at risk of contracting avoidable infections and diseases.
Gardnerville Health & Rehabilitation Center, Gardnerville, NV
Inspectors wrote, June 18, 2026, scope and severity DBased on review of job description, facility documents and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to provide Infection Control training to one of five direct care facility staff reviewed (Nurse Aide (NA) Employee E19).
Masonic Village at Sewickley, Sewickley, PA
Inspectors wrote, May 28, 2026, scope and severity EBased on staff interviews and review of facility documentation and policy, the facility failed to ensure that 4-staff members (#44, #92, #168, #182) received annual training on infection control. The deficient practice could result in staff inappropriately trained and could place the residents at risk for infection.
VI at Silverstone, a VI and Plaza Companies Commun, Scottsdale, AZ
Most recent F945 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 1 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2, 2024 | Shores Nursing and Rehab Center | Port Saint Joe, FL | L | Complaint |
Most recent F945 citations
F945 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: 2022 2, 2023 10, 2024 56, 2025 60, 2026 32.
Common questions
- What is F945 in a nursing home inspection?
- F945 is the federal requirement to "include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program". CMS files it under infection control. A home cited under F945 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F945 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 160 F945 citations at 152 nursing homes, 44 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.6% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F945 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F945 citations (99.4%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 1 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