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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
30	NORTH DECATUR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER	115012	2787 NORTH DECATUR ROAD	DECATUR	GA	30033	2018-12-06	584	E	0	1	46UW11	NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that it was maintained in a safe, clean and comfortable home-like environment in nine resident rooms (rooms 3 B, 5 B, 11 B, 14 B, rooms 12, 20, 23, 30 and room [ROOM NUMBER]) on two of two halls. The facility census was 61. Findings include: Observation on 12/3/18 at 11:19 a.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER] B, residents bedside tabletop fan, with dust build-up on the fan grill and blades. Observation on 12/3/18 at 11:48 a.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER] B, scratched and peeling paint along the wall close to bathroom doorway. Observation on 12/3/18 at 2:47 p.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER], electrical phone plate loosely hanging on wall, at the head of bed between bed A and bed B. Observation on 12/4/18 at 8:58 a.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER], window curtain has circular stains in three different spots, approximately three by three inches. Window sill has dust build up with cob webs in low corner. Observation on 12/4/18 at 9:37 a.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER] B, wall to the right of bed B, scuffed paint approximately four feet in length. Observation on 12/6/18 at 11:15 a.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER] B, a large hole in the wall on the window side of the room, near the floor baseboard, window curtain noted with multiple brown stains, resembling liquid spill on curtain. Also, patch of peeling paint at head of bed B. Observation on 12/6/18 at 12:00 p.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER], window curtain noted with multiple brown stains, resembling liquid spill on curtain. Observation on 12/6/18 at 2:31 p.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER], window curtains with multiple red colored stains, appearing to be blood stains. Also, cob webs noted in left lower corner of window. Observation on 12/6/18 at 2:31 p.m., revealed in room [ROOM NUMBER], floor length window curtains stained with red and blue substance splattered on bottom of floor length curtains. Interview on 12/6/18 at 3:35 p.m., with Maintenance Supervisor, stated that he does routine room checks, checking side-rails, call lights, hot water temps and any other work orders that are submitted from the staff. He stated that he prioritizes the work orders based on need. He verified during walking rounds the concerns identified during the survey. He stated that he has a plan of painting the resident rooms when rooms become vacant, but will do before then, if the need is urgent. Interview on 12/6/18 at 3:44 p.m., with housekeeping aide, II, she stated that she works housekeeping on the weekends and her daily duties include sweeping, mopping, cleaning resident restroom, emptying trash, cleaning toilet and sink, restocking supplies in restroom, she dusts the rooms. She further stated that she dusts the residents personal belongings if they give her permission to dust. Interview on 12/6/18 at 3:52 p.m., with Housekeeping Supervisor, stated that the housekeeping staff go through a week of training with an experienced housekeeping staff on the floor. He further stated that they use the five & seven step cleaning process for training purposes. He stated that he does a Quality Control Inspection (QCI) of each deep clean room, which is done when the resident room becomes vacant. He verified during walking rounds the concerns identified during the survey. He further stated that he has tried washing the window curtains, but they get damaged during the wash cycle, so he will need to figure out how to clean the window curtains.	2020-09-01