cms_NM: 77

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
77	SANDIA RIDGE CENTER	325032	2216 LESTER DRIVE NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87112	2019-03-22	812	F	0	1	8F5T11	Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that: 1. Staff were wearing beard nets while preparing food, 2. The vents that were directly above where food was being prepared, were clean and free of debris, These deficient practices could effect all 121 residents, identified on the alphabetical census list provided by the Administrator on 3/18/19, who eat food prepared in the kitchen. This could lead to foodborne illnesses causing residents to become sick and possibly decline. The findings are: [NAME] On 3/19/19 at 11:54 am, during an initial tour of the facility kitchen, dietary assistant #1 who had a beard was preparing food without a beard net. B. On 3/19/19 at 11:57 am, during an interview with the Registered Dietician (RD), he confirmed with the kitchen manager that staff should be wearing a beard net or beard mask while preparing food. C. Record review of the Food and Nutrition Services Policies and Procedures indicate: 1. POLICY TITLE: 2:2 Personal Hygiene last REVISION DATE: 07/24/18 2. PURPOSE: To maintain a professional appearance at all times. 3. PR[NAME]ESS: #7 Hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings, or nets are worn to effectively keep hair from contacting exposed food. Facial hair coverings are used to cover all facial hair. D. On 03/19/19 at 12:12 pm, during the initial tour of the facility kitchen, there were dust bunnies (a ball of dust and fluff) in the vent over the area where food was being prepared. E. On 03/19/19 at 9:51 am, during an interview with the RD and Kitchen Manager, the RD stated he did not know who was responsible for cleaning the vents. The Kitchen Manager stated the kitchen staff and himself are responsible for cleaning the vents in the kitchen. The Kitchen Manager stated the vents are cleaned daily or as needed. He stated he would clean the vent immediately due to confirming the dust bunnies in the vent over the area where food was being prepared. F. Record review of the Genesis kitchen cleaning policy 4.0 Cleaning Standards; MANUAL TITLE: Food and Nutrition Services Policies indicates the following: 1. Procedures last REVISION DATE: 06/15/18 2. PURPOSE: To ensure all food service equipment and areas are clean and sanitary. 3. PR[NAME]ESS: a. Cleaning procedures are available to Food and Nutrition Services employees. b. Employees utilize the cleaning procedures when completing assigned cleaning duties. c. Cleaning and sanitizing agents are available for use during all hours of operation.	2020-09-01