This letter outlines the requirements for nursing homes and other healthcare facilities to establish and maintain an infection prevention and control program. This program must include a system for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections and communicable diseases, written standards, policies, and procedures, a system for recording incidents, and procedures for handling and transporting linens. The facility must also conduct an annual review of their program and update it as necessary. This will help reduce the deficiencies most commonly cited during the CMS survey process, such as infection control and accident prevention, by helping facilities to proactively identify and prevent these deficiencies in the future. Nursing homes and other healthcare facilities must ensure that their program meets the outlined requirements and review and update it annually.

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