cms_RI: 18

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
18 SAINT ELIZABETH HOME EAST GREENWICH 415010 1 SAINT ELIZABETH WAY EAST GREENWICH RI 2818 2019-06-06 880 D 0 1 5TXS11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on surveyor observation, record review and staff interview, it has been determined the facility failed to maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections for 1 of 2 residents observed for wound care (Resident ID # 57). Findings are as follows: Record review of Resident #57 current physician's orders [REDACTED]. 1) Cleanse left heel with normal saline, apply [MEDICATION NAME] (a dressing used for wounds with drainage) to open area and cover with dry clean dressing every other day. 2) Cleanse left fourth toe with normal Saline, apply solosite (a wound dressing to create a moist wound environment) and gauze in between toes and secure at bedtime. Surveyor observation of dressing changes on 6/05/2019 at 10:47 AM with Nurse staff A, revealed the following; 1) Nurse staff A cleansed the left heel with normal saline and removed her gloves. She put on new gloves without performing hand hygiene and completed the wound dressing. She then removed her gloves. 2) Nurse staff A, without performing hand hygiene put on new gloves, washed the left toe wound with normal saline, and removed her gloves. She put on new gloves without performing hand hygiene and completed the wound dressing. During surveyor interview on 06/05/19 at 10:59 AM with Nurse staff A, she acknowledged that she did not perform hand hygiene with each glove change. 2020-09-01