Fleshers Fairview Health Care: Infection Control Cited - NC
The infection control citation fell under scope and severity level D, the federal government's designation for an isolated problem with no documented harm but real potential for more than minimal harm to residents. In a nursing home, that distinction matters. Infection spreads.
The facility reported correcting the infection control deficiency three days after the September 22 inspection ended, on September 25.
Twenty-three deficiencies in a single inspection is a substantial finding. For context, the federal inspection system grades deficiencies on a scale that considers both how widespread a problem is and how serious the harm is or could be. A level D citation sits at the lower end of that scale, isolated and not yet harmful. But 23 citations of any kind, found during a single visit, describe a facility where inspectors found something worth writing down in room after room, or policy after policy, or practice after practice.
The inspection was triggered by a complaint. Someone, a resident, a family member, a staff member, filed a report serious enough that federal inspectors came out to look. The record does not say who complained or what they described. It says inspectors arrived and found 23 problems.
Infection control is not a narrow citation. It covers the systems a facility puts in place to stop disease from moving between residents, between staff, between the building and the outside world. Hand hygiene. Isolation procedures. How soiled linens get handled. Whether staff with symptoms come to work anyway. Whether equipment gets cleaned between uses. The citation here says the facility failed to provide and implement that program. It does not specify which part failed.
What the record does say is that someone noticed. The complaint came first. Then the inspectors. Then 23 citations.
Fleshers Fairview Health Care sits in Fairview, a small community in Buncombe County, in the mountains of western North Carolina. The residents there, like residents in any long-term care facility, are among the people most vulnerable to infection. Age, chronic illness, shared spaces, shared staff, limited mobility. The conditions that bring someone to a nursing home are often the same conditions that make an infection dangerous once it arrives.
The facility's reported correction date of September 25 means that, on paper, the infection control deficiency was addressed within 72 hours of the inspection. Whether that correction holds, and whether the other 22 deficiencies cited during the same visit have been resolved, is a matter the federal oversight process will eventually revisit.
Twenty-two other deficiencies. The inspection report provided here names only the infection control citation in detail. The other 22 are part of the same inspection record, the same visit by the same inspectors, but their specifics are not included in what was provided. A facility with 23 cited problems in one inspection is a facility that gave inspectors a lot to document.
The correction status listed for the infection control citation reads: deficient, provider has date of correction. That phrasing means the facility acknowledged the problem and committed to a fix by a specific date. It does not mean inspectors returned to verify the fix was real. Follow-up verification is a separate step in the oversight process.
Complaint-driven inspections often uncover more than the original complaint described. An inspector who comes in looking at one thing tends to see others. The 23 deficiencies here may or may not connect to whatever prompted the complaint. The record does not draw that line.
What it does show is a facility where, on a single day in late September 2025, federal inspectors found enough to fill a citation list of 23 items, including a failure around the basic systems designed to keep infection from moving through a building full of people who cannot easily fight it off.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Fleshers Fairview Health Care from 2025-09-22 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
Corrections may have occurred: Inspection reports reflect conditions observed on the date of the survey. Facilities may have implemented corrections, staffing changes, additional training, or other remediation since the report was issued. We report what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.
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Fleshers Fairview Health Care in Fairview, NC was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 22, 2025.
In a nursing home, that distinction matters.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.