CMS to Surveyors: Certain Infection Control Breaches Warrant Referral to Authorities

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a Memorandum (Infection Control Breaches Which Warrant Referral to Public Health Authorities) to State Survey Agency (SA) Directors outlining specific infection control breaches that, when identified by either state surveyors or accrediting organization (AO) surveyors, should be referred to state authorities for public health assessment…