cms_RI: 1313

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
1313	ROYAL OF WESTERLY NURSING CENTER	415004	79 BEACH STREET	WESTERLY	RI	2891	2013-04-04	425	E	0	1	6Y3111	Based on record review and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to provide pharmaceutical services and procedures that ensure the proper labeling of multi -dose vials and the disposal of expired medications and biologicals on 2 of 2 units. Findings are as follows: 1. Observation on 4/4/2013 At 8:35 AM of the medication refrigerator on the Watch Hill/Mystic unit revealed 2 multi-dose vials of Vitamin B 12 that were labeled from the pharmacy with dates of 10/12/2012 and 10/29/2012 that were opened and not dated. During an interview with the Director of Nurses at the time of the observation she stated that the multi-dose vials should be dated when opened. During an interview with the Vitamin B 12's manufacturer's Clinical Pharmacist on 4/4/2013 at 1:50 PM she stated that the Vitamin B 12 must be discarded 28 days after opening. Observation of the medication room on the Watch Hill/Mystic unit on 4/4/2013 at 8:40 AM in the presence of the Director of Nurses revealed the following items with expired dates. 1. Betadine 4 ounce bottle expired 5/2012 2. Geri-Mox Antacid 12 ounce bottle expired 12/2012 Observation of the medication cabinet on the Westerly unit on 4/4/2012 at 8:40 AM in the presence of the staff nurse revealed the following items with expired dates: 1. Guardian Fiber Capsules 90 per bottle expired 12/2012 2. GeriCare aspirin enteric coated 100 tablet bottle expired 12/2012 3. Iron Supplement Elixir 16 ounce expired 6/2012 4. Iron Supplement Elixir 16 ounce expired 11/2011 During interview on 4/4/2013 at approximately 9 AM with the Director of Nurses she was unable to explain why these expired medications had not been disposed of. You are hereby formally notified that where the above listed deficiencies also constitute non-compliance with applicable provisions of the 'Rules and Regulations for Licensing of Nursing Facilities' they are deficiencies under State Regulations and grounds for licensure sanctions.	2016-09-01