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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
8696 ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL 515113 2900 FIRST STREET HUNTINGTON WV 25702 2012-03-22 371 F 0 1 GA6A11 Based on observation, review of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Code, and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure food items were stored, prepared, and distributed under sanitary conditions. Various issues related to overall cleanliness of the physical environment, equipment, and storage of food items created potential for contamination of foods and food service items. Thirteen (13) of thirteen (13) residents who resided on the skilled nursing unit (SNU) received an oral diet from the kitchen and had the potential to be affected. Facility census: 13. Findings include: a) On 03/19/12, at approximately 11:00 a.m., and on 03/21/12, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Employee #40 (assistant food service director) accompanied the tour of the kitchen/food service area, and confirmed the following sanitation infractions affected the overall sanitary distribution of food: 1) On 03/19/12, a cardboard box was sitting in the sink in the salad preparation area. 2) On 03/20/12, the scoop for sugar was found down inside the container. The container contained a small amount of sugar and the scoop was inside the sugar. The container did not have a label which indicated the container held sugar. According to the food and drug administration (FDA) 2009 code section 3-304.12 In food that is not potentially hazardous handles should be stored above the top of the food. According to the FDA 2009 code section 3-302.12 Food storage containers should contain the common name of the food item. 3) On 03/20/12, the drain under the Jello cooler contained dirt and debris. 4) On 03/20/12, a fan located on the floor near the food service tray line area had dirt and debris on the outer casing as well as the fan blades. A string was also coming out of the metal pieces of the fan. 5) On 03/20/12, a seal on one of the facility's hot boxes was found coming loose. According to the FDA 2009 code section 4-501.11 Equipment components such as doors, seals, hinges, fasteners, and kick plates shall be kept intact, tight, and adjusted in accordance with manufacturers instructions. 6) On 03/20/12 the bottom area of a hot box was dirty. This hot box contained food items that were going to be served 7) On 03/20/12, the floor located behind the hot boxes contained crumbs and dirt. Employee #40 said these boxes had to be pulled from against the wall due to the fire marshal's requirements. She agreed the floor needed cleaned. According to the FDA 2009 code section 6-501.12 Physical facilities should be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. 8) On 03/20/12, the specialty foods reach-in refrigerator contained a water bottle that did not have a proper label. Employee #40 verified the bottle contained a plastic piece of tape with a name that the assistant food service director did not recognize. She immediately discarded this water bottle 2016-04-01