cms_ME: 3033

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
3033	VARNEY CROSSING NURSING CARE CENTER	205086	47 ELM ST	NORTH BERWICK	ME	3906	2012-11-16	431	E	0	1	UI1O11	NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure that outdated medications and medical supplies were removed from 3 of 3 storage units which contained items/supplies designated for general use. Findings: 1. On 11/16/12, at 10:30 a.m., a surveyor reviewed the medication cart and medication storage room for Units A & B with a Registered Nurse. The following expired medications were observed in the general use storage: One 16 oz bottle of Docusate Sodium, 50 milligrams (mg) per 5 Milliliters (ml), with an expiration date of [DATE]. Nine oral culture swabs, with an expiration date of October 2012, and one oral culture swab with an expiration date of September 2008. One unopened 473 ml bottle of Diphenhydramine HCL Oral Liquid (12.5 mg/5 cubic centimeters (CC), with an expiration date of September 8, 2012. The Medication Registered Nurse (RN) for units A and B verified that the expiration dates for the items listed, had expired, and were available for resident use. 2. On 11/16/12, at 10:50 a.m., a surveyor reviewed the medication cart and medication storage room for the C Unit with a Registered Nurse. The following expired medications were observed in the general use storage. Fourteen Providone (Iodine) Swabs with an expiration date of March 2010. Two packets of Extra Large Cavi Wipe Towelettes with an expiration date of May 2012. One bottle (100 count) Vitamin E Softgels, 400 mg, with an expiration date of September 2012. One 50 Gram tube of Zeel Cream (Arthritic Pain and Stiffness), with expiration date of September 2012. The Medication RN for unit C verified that the expiration dates for the items listed, had expired, and were available for resident use.	2016-03-01