cms_GA: 8169

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
8169	CRESTVIEW HEALTH & REHAB CTR	115525	2800 SPRINGDALE ROAD	ATLANTA	GA	30315	2011-12-08	371	E	0	1	GPWF11	Based on observations, staff interview and review of facility policy, the facility failed to store food properly and under sanitary conditions in one (1) of two (2) freezers, in one (1) of two (2) refrigerators and the vent from the dishmachine. Findings include: Observation conducted during tour of the kitchen on 12/05/2011 at 8:15 a.m. with the Kitchen Manager, revealed there were cooked turkey breasts and legs stored in the freezer covered with plastic wrap. The legs had broken through the plastic wrap allowing the meat to be exposed to the cold air, and there was visible freezer burn with ice crystals and dryness on the meat. There was also a pan of sausage stored in the same freezer that was partially covered by plastic wrap that had visible freezer burn with ice crystals and dryness on the sausage. The dietary manager acknowledged that they were stored improperly. The freezer also contained a clear bag of food on a rack that was out of it's original box that had been opened. The bag was not sealed, labeled or dated. Further observations of the refrigerator revealed a carton of grape tomatoes that had visible mold growing on the tomatoes. There was a container of Hummus and cottage cheese that had been partially used with no open date. The freezer contained a clear bag of food on the rack, out of it's original box that had been opened. The bag was not sealed, and it had no label and no date on it. Staff identified it as diced turkey, and discarded it. Review of facility policy reveals that unused portions and open packages must be covered, labeled and dated. Continues observations of the kitchen on 12/05/2011 at 8:15 a.m. with the Kitchen Manager, revealed that the dishwasher had an attached steam vent coming off the machine, where the clean dishes come out of the machine, that extended up into the ceiling. The vent had peeling duct tape around it with brown grease and grime on it. This situation extended from the dishwasher to the ceiling. The vent was also covered with dust balls all the way up to the ceiling. The manager indicated that vent area needed to be cleaned. Review of facility policy reveals that the outside of the dish machine is to be cleaned daily. During an interview with the Kitchen Manager on 12/06/2011 at 1:35 p.m., staff revealed that the vent that is attached to the dish washer was not included in the daily cleaning routine, however it will now be included.	2016-06-01