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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
6 RYDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC 405018 355 AVE FONT MARTELO HUMACAO PR 792 2017-05-04 254 E 0 1 ZOYB11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on a recertification extended survey, observations made during the survey and group interview, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that cubicles drapers and linens are in good condition. This could affect 10 of 28 admitted . (Rooms #103-A, #107-A,#108, #109, #110-A, #114-A,#115, #116-C,#117 and #120) Findings include: 1. During the initial tour performed on 5/2/17 at 9:20 am and physical environment with Physical Plant Director (employee #12) performed on 5/4/17 at 8:34 am it was found that rooms #110-A the linen was observed with holes, #107-A with stain on the linens, #114-A linen with holes, #116 -C it was observed a flat sheet in front of patient feet with a lot of blood all over it. # 107, #108, #109-B ,#115, #117 and # 120 cubicles curtain with holes, stains, burst seam and dirty. Interview performed on 5/4/17 at 9:45 am to (employee #14) reveals that the facility is in charge to clean and distribute the curtains and the sheets . They have to check the sheets before perform the delivery of it. The laundry area was visited on 5/4/17 at 10:40 am until 11:05 am interview to Laundry staff (employee #14) reveals that the laundry does not have an exclusive inventory for the linen for the Skilled Nursing.The only inventory is the cubicle curtain that it is color blue. Lundry staff (employee #15) on 5/4/17 at 10:55 am stated: At the moment we pick up the first round of linen at 6:30 am and delivered it at 9:00 am when we made the second pick up round. And then we delivered it at 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 2. During the initial tour performed on 5/2/17 and during the physical environment tour perform on it was observed in residents' room [ROOM NUMBER]-A, #107-A and 110 A that clean sheets were located on top of one of the visitors' chairs. 2020-09-01