cms_GA: 8407

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
8407	BROWN HEALTH AND REHABILITATION	115090	545 COOK STREET	ROYSTON	GA	30662	2011-10-06	441	D	0	1	Z6CD11	Based on observation, record review and staff interview the facility failed to appropriately dispose of a used lancet for one (1) resident (#30) on a sample of thirty-three (33) residents Findings include: During observation of glucometer testing for resident #30 on 10/05/11 at 11:30 a.m. with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) BB, the LPN was observed cleaning the resident's finger with an alcohol swab. She then stuck the resident's finger with a lancet. LPN BB removed her gloves and placed the used lancet inside of the glove then placed the glove in the regular trash can. During an interview at this time LPN BB confirmed she should have placed the lancet in the sharps container. During an interview on 10/05/11 at 3:00 p.m. the Director of Nursing stated the nurse should have disposed of the lancet in the sharps container. Review of the facility's policy for Sharps Containers revealed that needles and other sharp items should be placed directly into impervious, rigid leak-proof and puncture-resistant containers to reduce the hazard of physical injury.	2016-01-01