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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
4043 BEARTOOTH HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY 275090 350 W PIKE AVE COLUMBUS MT 59019 2013-11-07 371 F 0 1 IF2L11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to maintain sanitary conditions for food preparation and distribution in the kitchen, having the potential to affect all residents. Findings include On 11/4/13 at 1:15 p.m., in the dry storage area, the surveyor observed an opened box of devil's food chocolate cake mix on a shelf that was not sealed with the contents being exposed to air and contamination. The surveyor observed a box of baking soda that was not sealed and the contents were exposed to air and contamination. On 11/4/13 at 1:20 p.m., in the walk-in freezer, the surveyor observed ice and frost build up on the [MEDICATION NAME] piping leading to the freezer fans and motor unit. The surveyor observed an open box of frozen bread dough sticks sitting underneath this [MEDICATION NAME] pipe. There was a frozen ice puddle that had formed on top of this open box. On 11/4/13 at 1:25 p.m., in the main kitchen area, the surveyor observed accumulated grease and dust buildup on the handles of the baffles inside the grill hood. There was grease and dust buildup on the inside edges of the grill hood. The surveyor observed a grease and dust buildup on the back edges of the grill, and accumulated food crumbs under the stove burners. The surveyor observed grease and dust build-up on the side of the kitchen counter between the sink and the steam table. On 11/5/13 at 4:00 p.m. the surveyor interviewed staff member C, the dietary manager, regarding the hood above the stove. Staff member C told the surveyor, The facility has a cleaning service that cleans the hood once every 6 months. The surveyor showed staff member C, dietary manager, the ice and frost build-up on the [MEDICATION NAME] pipe leading to the fans and motor in the walk in freezer. The surveyor pointed out the frozen water/ice on top of the bread dough box to staff member C. Staff member C, dietary manager, stated, This box of frozen bread dough will be thrown away. Staff member C also stated that he would get someone out to repair the freezer. He stated he was unaware of the problem in the freezer. On 11/6/13 at 9:10 a.m. the surveyor observed that the box of frozen bread dough sticks remained in the freezer. On 11/6/13 at 11:50 a.m. the surveyor observed single serving bowls stored in a large plastic container next to the hand washing sink. The bowls were stored haphazardly in the large container and many of them were facing upright. The container was not covered at the time of the observation or the bowls stored inverted to protect them from splash and dust. On 11/7/13 at 9:30 a.m. the surveyor observed the box of frozen bread dough sticks remained in the freezer sitting under the [MEDICATION NAME] pipe that still had ice and frost build-up on it. 2016-11-01