cms_GA: 8202

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
8202 PRUITTHEALTH - SYLVESTER 115629 104 MONK STREET SYLVESTER GA 31791 2012-01-26 463 E 0 1 O3X711 Based on observation and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to maintain a functioning call system in one of four common baths (Wing I Women's Bath) and in the common bathroom for rooms 11 and 12. Findings include: 1. During the tour on 1/23/12 at 11:30 a.m., the call light next to the toilet in the Wing I women's bath would not stay pressed in when pushed and the light did not work. A certified nursing assistant (CNA) verified that the call light did not function properly. It was observed on 1/23/12 at 4:00 p.m., 1/24/12 at 8:00 a.m., 9:40 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 4:45 p.m., 1/25/12 at 7:15 a.m., 9:50 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., that the light did not turn on when the call light button was pushed. During an interview on 1/25/12 at 2:05 p.m., the maintenance supervisor was unaware of the call light not functioning properly. 2. On 1/23/12 at 4:37 p.m. and on 1/6/12 at 12:05 p.m., the call light in the common bathroom for rooms 11 and 12 did not work. On 1/26/12 at 12:10 p.m., the unit manager for Wing I stated that three of the four residents in those rooms were capable of using the call light in the bathroom. On 1/26/12 at 12:40 p.m., the maintenance supervisor stated that he was unaware that the call light did not work. He stated that he randomly checked the call lights in the residents' rooms once a month but, he did not document which rooms he checked. He stated that he did not know the last time that the all light for the bathroom for rooms 11 and 12 was checked. 2016-06-01