cms_SC: 10266

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
10266 CHERAW HEALTHCARE 425005 400 MOFFAT ROAD CHERAW SC 29520 2010-04-14 281 D     THIH11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey, based on record reviews, interviews and review of acceptable standards of practice for licensed staff , the facility failed to assure for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for accurate documentation related to a [MEDICAL TREATMENT] site that the documentation was thorough and accurate as entered. Resident #4 had documentation of thrill and bruit checks after the shunt site was changed and the physician discontinued the order. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #4 on 6/26/09 with the following Diagnoses: [REDACTED]. The record review on 4/12/10 revealed a physician's orders [REDACTED]. Further review revealed another order written on 11/5/09 for removal of infected [MEDICAL TREATMENT] catheter and replacement of [MEDICAL TREATMENT] catheter- a tummeled catheter due to permanent placement access. During an interview with Registered Nurse (RN) #1 on 4/12/10 he/she stated " a thrill and bruit is not checked because the resident has a catheter in her right chest, the other site was removed." The nurse's notes revealed that Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) # 2 documented in the notes "thrill felt and bruit heard" on the following dates 3/11/10, 3/13/10, 3/27/10 and 4/10/10. LPN #1 documented in the nurse's notes on 3/13/10 "bruit and thrill felt". LPN #3 documented in the nurse notes on 3/30/10 "thrill felt and bruit heard". During an interview with LPN #1 on 4/12/10 at 4 PM, when asked how he/she checked for a thrill and bruit, he/she stated "I just put the stethoscope above the catheter and hear a "LUB-DUB". During an interview with LPN #2 on 4/12/10 at 4:15 PM when asked how he/she checked for a thrill and bruit, he/she stated " you have to check that in the arm, but hers is in the chest". When ask why he/she documented that the thrill and bruit was checked, the LPN stated "I don't know". 2014-01-01