cms_GA: 10580

In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
10580 NEW LONDON HEALTH CENTER 115771 2020 MCGEE ROAD SNELLVILLE GA 30078 2009-09-24 371 F     W1TL11 Based on observation, record review and staff interview the facility failed to store, prepare and serve food under sanitary conditions for all residents consuming food (total = 132). Findings include: Observation during initial tour of the kitchen on 9/22/09 at 9:35 a.m. revealed the wall around the stainless steel counter near the dishmachine was soiled with a black substance in the grout and on the wall and continued under the counter. This wall area also had a build up of substances that were dried and sticky. Three (3) used dishcloths were observed on the bottom shelf of a cart next to clean serving trays. Observation of the right reach-in cooler revealed two (2) fat-free milks with a use-by date of 9/20/09. The walk-in cooler had two (2) containers of buttermilk with use-by dates of 9/04/09 and 9/16/09. Also in this walk-in cooler were prepared ground sausage, pureed sausage and pureed eggs dated 9/23/09. Interview with the Dietary Manager (DM) at this time revealed these items were prepared 9/22/09 to be served for breakfast on 9/23/09. She stated these items were prepared ahead of time instead of on the day of service because staff often came in late in the mornings. Observation on 9/23/09 at 7:25 a.m. revealed dietary staff "AA" operating the three (3) compartment sink. She was washing and sanitizing items in full sinks of water. However, she was rinsing items under running water without submerging in a full sink of rinse water as required. Interview with the DM at this time revealed she agreed the correct procedure was not being followed. Observation at 9:50 a.m. revealed a bucket with several dishcloths immersed in water. The DM stated the facility used chlorine in the bucket as a sanitizer but she twice attempted to test the sanitizer level with the wrong chemical strips. When she used the correct chlorine test strip, chlorine did not register as present in the solution. Observation at 10:00 a.m. revealed packaged turkey in a pan of water on a preparation counter. The DM stated it was being thawed. Observation of lunch trayline at noon revealed the DM had calibrated the thermometer but stated she did not have alcohol pads in the kitchen to sanitize the thermometer. She stated she knew the nurse's carts contained the sanitizer swabs but preceded to take food temperatures without sanitizing the thermometer first. Several foods were in the warming oven. When these foods were tested the chicken was 112 degrees Fahrenheit (F), soup 116 degrees, gravy 110, ham 135, and pureed meat 122 degrees. The DM stated the warmer was set on the highest temperature. At 12:15 p.m. a garbage can lid was observed sitting with the inner surface on a table. The edge of the garbage can lid was hanging directly over clean dish racks. The DM was present during all these observations. 2014-04-01