cms_GA: 5301
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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| 5301 |
LUMBER CITY NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER |
115404 |
93 HIGHWAY 19 |
LUMBER CITY |
GA |
31549 |
2015-01-22 |
441 |
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QM5O11 |
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on Observation , record review the facility failed to ensure infection control procedures were followed for the care of linen for residents on isolation from a sample size of twenty three (23) and a census of seventy six (76) residents. Findings include: Observation and record review revealed there was one (1) resident on contact isolation for Clostridium Difficile (C-diff) at the facility. An interview on 1/22/15 at 8:58 a.m. with the Laundry employee on the 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift revealed that he/she was informed yesterday that a resident was on contact isolation for[DIAGNOSES REDACTED] and was told to allow the bin to filled up and then wash laundry separately. Continued interview revealed that the Laundry employee was unable to explain about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used during isolation or the location of PPE in the laundry room. Continued interview at this time revealed he/she has not worn a gown when sorting any kind of soiled linen, other than gloves. An interview on 1/22/15 at 9:23 a.m. with the account manager/laundry supervisor revealed that he/she has not been able to in-service the new laundry employee on isolation linen and was not able to provide an in-service sheet. He/She revealed that the new employee was informed to allow the isolation linen to fill up and wash them all at once separately from other laundry items. He/She also revealed that laundry staff should wear PPE, such as a gown, when sorting the linen for residents but especially for those on contact isolation. Staff Interview on 1/22/14 at 10:14 a.m. with the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) Infection Control Manager revealed that he/she was unaware of the laundry's precaution for handling isolation linen but that staff was expected to use PPE equipment. An interview on 1/22/14 at 10:19 a.m. with housekeeping worker AA revealed that he/she was instructed to change the water bucket after ever two (2) rooms even if the resident is on isolation. Continued interview, at this time, revealed that he/she did not change the mop head after cleaning an isolation room. Observation on 1/22/15 at 8:58 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. revealed there were no PPE gowns available in the laundry room. |
2018-10-01 |