With nursing home residents at particular risk in the coronavirus pandemic, residents and their families can discover which of the nation’s 15,000 facilities have been cited for infection-control violations in recent years through a Kaiser Health News lookup tool published March 12, 2020.
More nursing homes have been faulted for failing to follow practices designed to prevent and control infections than for any other type of error. These shortcomings include staffers not washing their hands before and after helping each resident and not wearing gowns and masks around contagious patients. Such lapses have become matters of heightened concern with the spread of the coronavirus this spring, especially as the virus is a particular threat to the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.
