cms_GA: 129

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
129	AZALEA HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER	115044	1600 ANTHONY ROAD	AUGUSTA	GA	30907	2017-10-26	372	F	0	1	8OVO11	Based on observations and staff interviews the facility failed to assure that garbage and refuse was properly disposed, and contained to prevent possible rodent infestation around two of two dumpsters. Findings include: During a brief initial tour of the kitchen and dumpster area on 10/23/17 at 11:15 a.m. with the Dietary Manager (DM), revealed the outside dumpster area where two (2) dumpsters were sitting side by side behind the facility in partially gated area. Observation of the ground area around both dumpsters revealed scattered needle cap coverings, food debris, and previously used gloves. Continued observation revealed that debris was located on the asphalt driveway near the back of both of the dumpsters. Observation of the trash dumpster area on 10/24/17 at 5:45 p.m. debris remains behind both dumpsters, continued observation on 10/25/17 at 1:05 p.m., and further observation of the trash dumpster area on 10/25/17 at 6:00 p.m. revealed the area remains dirty with debris. Interview with the Maintinence Supervisor (MS) on 10/26/17 at 2:59 p.m. revealed the maintinence department is responsible for cleaning around the dumpster area, and it should be checked daily. The MS confirms that the area has not been checked according to schedule in the past few days. The MS revealed he was notified on 10/25/17 that the area behind the trash dumpsters was dirty and needed cleaning. Review of facility policy titled Physical Plant Exterior Maintenance release/revision date: (MONTH) 2007 revealed the facility's procedure is to clean the building's exterior and grounds of all trash, rubbish, debris, unused equipment/furniture, in addition to periodic cleaning of problem areas. Interview with Dietary Manager (DM) on 10/26/17 at 1:30 p.m. confirmed that there was debris behind both of the dumpsters, and was not cleaned until 10/25/17 by the housekeeping and maintinence departments. He also confirmed he is not aware of cleaning schedule times.	2020-09-01