cms_GA: 5398

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
5398 AMARA HEALTHCARE & REHAB 115150 2021 SCOTT ROAD AUGUSTA GA 30906 2014-10-17 431 E 0 1 L1N511 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to dispose of expired medication in two (2) of three (3) medication storage rooms. Findings include: 1. Observation of the medication storage room for Station three (3) on [DATE] at 1:30 p.m., revealed, two (2) prefilled Insulin syringes were placed in a storage bag labeled expired [DATE], one( 1) Lorazepam milligram per milliliter vial was expired on [DATE], and two Aspirin suppositories expired on ,[DATE], and were in the medication refrigerator. Interview with Licensed Practical NurseMM at this time, verified that the medications were expired. 2. Observation of the medication storage room for Station two (2) on [DATE] at 2:00 p.m., revealed two (2) Hepatitis Vaccine vials expired on [DATE], and two (2) Aspirin suppositories expired on ,[DATE] in the medication refrigerator. Interview with Licensed Practical Nurse PP at this time verified that the medications were expired. Interview with the Director of Nurses on [DATE] at 3:40 p.m. revealed that the night shift nurse and unit managers were responsible for removing expired medication from storage areas. 2018-09-01