cms_HI: 7

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
7 HILO MEDICAL CENTER 125002 1190 WAIANUENUE AVENUE HILO HI 96720 2018-11-16 761 D 0 1 HKBQ11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, staff interview, and policy review, the facility failed to properly discard two medications that were stored in the Lehua Unit Medication Storage Cart. As a result of this deficient practice, two residents (Resident (R) 2, and R6) were at risk of being given an expired medication. Findings Include: 1. During an observation of the Lehua Unit Medication Storage Cart on [DATE] at 09:45 AM, an expired medication bottle of [MEDICATION NAME] was revealed in the storage drawer. This medication belonged to R6, and the label read [MEDICATION NAME] 160 mg/5 ml [MEDICATION NAME], discard after ,[DATE]. 2. During an observation of the Lehua Unit Medication Storage Cart, on [DATE] at 09:46 AM, an expired medication [MEDICATION NAME] was revealed in the storage drawer. This medication belonged to R2, and the label read [MEDICATION NAME] Oral Suspension 40 mg/5 ml, discard after [DATE]. On [DATE] at 09:45 AM, RN57 acknowledged that both medications were expired and should have been removed. According to facility policy on Outdated and Unusable Drugs, it stated All outdated drugs, contaminated drugs shall be returned to the Pharmacy Department for proper disposal. 2020-09-01