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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
57 SUNNY VIEW NURSING HOME INC 415023 83 CORONA STREET WARWICK RI 2886 2017-05-11 371 E 0 1 MCC011 Based on surveyor observation and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to distribute and serve food under sanitary conditions in the main and the small dining rooms. Findings are as follows: Surveyor observation on 5/8/17 at 1:00 PM in the small dining room, revealed 1 bottle of nectar pre-thickened orange juice opened and not dated. The bottle indicates to use within 10 days of opening. There was no evidence as to when the bottle was opened. Surveyor observation on 5/8/17 at 1:05 PM in the main dining room kitchenette, revealed 1 bottle of nectar thickened cranberry juice, 1 bottle of nectar thickened water and 1 bottle of nectar thickened milk. The bottles indicate use within 10 days of opening. There was no evidence as to when the bottles were opened. Further observations in the main dining area revealed 25 plastic coffee cups stored in a cabinet in the inverted position ready to use. Observation of all 25 cups revealed a white film residue on the inside that was able to be wiped off the food contact surface. Five of the 25 cups were found with heavy accumulation of dark brown coffee colored residue on the inside bottom of the cups that was able to be scraped off. Seven of the 25 coffee cups were observed to have condensation of water on the food contact surface. An interview was conducted with the food service director on 5/8/17 at 1:25 PM, he stated he was not aware that nectar thickened liquids must be dated after opening. He further stated that he recognized the ready to use coffee cups were dirty and wet. 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. 2020-09-01