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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
39 THE MEADOWS ON UNIVERSITY 355024 1315 S UNIVERSITY DR FARGO ND 58103 2018-06-28 880 D 0 1 ROZG11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on review of facility policy, record review, observation, and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure staff followed appropriate infection control practices for 1 of 3 sampled residents (Resident #6) on contact precautions. Failure to follow appropriate infection control practice related to disinfecting equipment may result in the spread of infection within the facility. Findings include: Review of the policy titled Transmission Based Precautions occurred on 06/28/18. This policy, dated (MONTH) 2013, stated, . Patient Care Equipment . Clean and disinfect equipment between patients. Review of Resident #6's medical record on 06/26/18 indicated the resident was on contact precautions due to [MEDICAL CONDITION]-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the resident's abdominal wound. Observation on 06/26/18 at 2:10 p.m. showed two Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) (#4 and #5) removed a Hoyer Lift from Resident #6's room and placed it across the hall in the equipment room. The CNAs failed to disinfect the lift prior to the next use. During an interview on 06/26/18 at 2:15 p.m. with two CNAs (#4 and #5), they stated staff disinfect lifts daily. During an interview on 06/28/18 at 3:20 p.m., an administrative nurse (#6) stated she expected staff to disinfect lifts after every use when used on a resident on contact precautions. 2020-09-01