cms_GA: 6656

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
6656	LIFE CARE CENTER	115654	176 LINCOLN AVE	FITZGERALD	GA	31750	2013-06-13	441	D	0	1	03S111	NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, record review and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that the staff followed infection control standards when passing ice to residents on one (1) (West) of four (4) units and that two (2) employees' files from thirteen (13) employee files reviewed had evidence of screening for communicable diseases. Findings include: 1. Review of 13 employee personnel health records revealed that 2 employees did not have current screenings for [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. The health record for the activity director hired on 12/10/10 did not have evidence of a purative protein derivative (PPD) skin test, chest X-ray, or current physical evaluation to determine that the employee was free of [DIAGNOSES REDACTED] symptoms. The dietary manager had been re-hired by the facility on 8/29/12 however, the only physical evaluation found in the file and was dated 9/2/11 and the PPD skin test was dated 12/15/11. Interview on 6/13/13 at 1:50 p.m. with the administrative staff member who maintains the personnel records, revealed that there were no other current test results for the two employees. 2. Observation conducted on 6/10/13 at 1:05 p.m. during the lunch meal on the West Unit, revealed a certified nursing assistant (CNA) opened the ice chest on the cart in the hallway. The lid of the ice chest came off landing on the floor with the inside of the lid down. The lid was picked up by another CNA who placed it back onto the ice chest without cleaning/sanitizing the lid. Further observation revealed five residents were served ice from the ice chest after the lid had fallen on the floor. Interview with the Director of Nursing (DON) on 6/13/13 at 2:20 p.m., revealed the (DON) would have expected staff to clean/sanitize the lid before placing it back onto the ice chest.	2017-11-01