Nursing homes struggled with infection control long before COVID-19: watchdog

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.More than 80 percent of all nursing homes surveyed between 2013 and 2017 – about 13,300 facilities – were cited for at least one infection control deficiency in that time period and for failing to follow rules intended to prevent the spread of diseases, like staff…