cms_GA: 8680

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
8680 SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE OF SAVANNAH 115120 815 EAST 63 STREET SAVANNAH GA 31405 2012-03-29 309 D 0 1 G6KB11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview the facility failed to follow the physician's order for one resident (#92) with blood sugar below sixty milligrams per deciliter (60 mg/dl) on a sample of thirty six (36) residents. Findings include: Review of the Diabetic Flow Sheet for resident #92 revealed a fingerstick blood sugar of forty-eight milligrams per deciliter (48 mg/dl) at 6:00 a.m. on 02/09/12. Review of the February 2012 physician's orders revealed an order for [REDACTED]. Further review of the Diabetic Flow Sheet indicated the resident was given one can of ensure to treat the blood sugar of 48 mg/dl instead of the [MEDICATION NAME] as ordered by the physician. review of the resident's medical record revealed [REDACTED]. In addition, there was no evidence the blood sugar was rechecked after 30 minutes. During an interview on 3/29/12 at 9:45 a.m., Registered Nurse (RN) FF stated the expectation would be that the nurse should have followed the physician orders. She stated the resident should have been given the [MEDICATION NAME] and the blood sugar should have been rechecked after 30 minutes. She confirmed she could find no documentation the blood sugar was rechecked and that physician was notified as ordered. 2015-11-01