cms_GA: 4042

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
4042	CAMBRIDGE POST ACUTE CARE CENTER	115771	2020 MCGEE ROAD	SNELLVILLE	GA	30078	2016-08-18	431	E	0	1	0P7K11	Based on observation, interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure that (2) two of six (6) medication carts and one (1) of three (3) treatment carts on two (2) of four (4) halls (D and C Halls) were secure when left unattended. Findings included: On 8/15/2016 at 11:20 a.m. during a tour of the D Hall, one medication cart was observed on the hall in front of Room D2. The cart was observed unlocked and unsecured. A box of eye drops labeled with a residents name was observed on top of the medication cart. Observation of this cart at 11:23 a.m. with the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed that the medication cart was unlocked and the eye drops were on top of the medication cart. Interview with the DON at the time of the observation revealed it was the expectation that the medication and treatment carts are locked when not in use. Interview at 11:25 a. m. with the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) FF revealed that she had been asked to do something and thought she had put the eye drops back into the cart and had locked it. On 8/15/2016 at 11:42 a.m. during a tour of the D Hall, one treatment cart was observed on the hall in front of Room D4. The treatment cart was observed unlocked and unsecured. Interview at 11:43 a.m. with the LPN Treatment Nurse GG confirmed that she had left the treatment cart unlocked. She stated that she thought she had locked it. On 8/15/2016 at 2:56 p.m. a medication cart on D Hall was observed on the outside of the nursing station facing out as residents and visitors passed. The cart was observed unlocked and unsecured. LPN FF came out from behind the nursing station and confirmed that it was her cart. LPN FF then proceeded to lock the medication cart. On 8/17/2016 at 5:44 p.m. a medication cart on C Hall was observed on the hall near Room C8 unattended. The cart was unlocked and unsecured. At 5:47 p.m. LPN HH came down the hall and confirmed that it was her cart. She locked the cart at that time. A review of the policy provided by the DON on 8/18/2016 titled Deliver, Receipt, Storage, and Inventory of Medication and Products (no date noted) documented: The community should ensure that all medications and biological's, including treatment items, are securely secured in a locked cabinet/cart . inaccessible by residents and visitors.	2020-09-01