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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
33 EASTMONT TOWERS 285036 6315 O STREET LINCOLN NE 68510 2019-07-03 880 D 0 1 RRGD11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.17D Based on observation, record review and interview; the facility failed to ensure staff followed facility policy to wash hands and change gloves after handling used dressings. This had the potential to affect one resident, Resident 9. The facility census was 10. Findings are: Observation of wound care on 07/02/19 at 09:46 AM- 09:46 AM by RN (Registered Nurse) A revealed RN A washed hands and set up supplies on towel placed on chair, applied gloves, took Resident 9's shoe and sock off right foot, cleansed scissors with alcohol pad and cut off outer Kerlix dressing, then removed [MEDICATION NAME] pad and with same gloves on, went to sink and wet wash cloth, applied soap and washed wound. Then RN A removed gloves, washed hands and applied clean gloves, applied gauze drsg to wound and then wrapped area with Kerlix, applied tape, dated dressing, applied Resident 9's sock and shoe and then removed gloves and washed hands. Review of hand washing guidelines dated 12/14 revealed hand washing should be done after handling used dressings. Interview on 7/2/19 at 3:35 PM with DON (Director of Nursing) confirmed that after removing dirty dressings, gloves should be removed, hand hygiene completed and clean gloves applied before continuing with wound treatment. 2020-09-01