The federal government is considering rolling back infection control requirements in U.S. nursing homes – even as the long-term-care industry's residents and workers are overwhelmed by the ...

CMS directed states, which inspect and license nursing homes, to focus primarily on infection control back in March as COVID-19 cases ramped up.

Surveys miss infection control deficiencies Notably, health surveyors did not note deficiencies in infection control in 54% of the nursing homes that reported extremely high infection rates.

The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Barnwell, shown in June 2021 in Valatie, was one of many nursing homes hit hard during the pandemic, prompting a statewide audit on infection control data.

Many for-profit nursing homes may not be following federal rules requiring infection control workers, according to a government audit. The nursing home industry says a staffing shortage makes it ...

About 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes across the country are likely not complying with federal regulations surrounding infection control staff, increasing health and safety risks for residents and ...

Thousands of nursing homes struggled to follow infection control requirements long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S., according to a government watchdog report Wednesday.

Nursing home providers struggled with implementing infection control plans last year, according to a review of surveyor data during 2020.

Long before the novel coronavirus made its surprise appearance, the nation’s nursing homes were struggling to obey basic infection prevention protocols designed to halt the spread of viruses and ...

The New York City Health Department is developing a new program to bolster infection control practices in nursing homes.

Health inspectors are to be "hyperfocused on infection control right now," officials say, as they suss out what allowed COVID-19 to spread in a Kirkland, Wash., nursing home.