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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
38	CHERAW HEALTHCARE	425005	400 MOFFAT ROAD	CHERAW	SC	29520	2017-07-26	456	D	1	1	LLSR11	> Based on observations, interviews, and review of the facility policy titled, Description of Dryers, and Equipment Care, the facility failed to ensure a large build-up of lint was removed from the backs and upper sides of the lint traps in 2 of 6 clothes dryers. The four other clothes dryers were in use and the lint traps were not observed at this time. The findings included: An observation on 7/25/2017 at approximately 8:30 AM revealed 2 of 6 clothes dryers with a large build-up of lint in the backs and upper side in 2 of 6 clothes dryers. Four other clothes dryers were in use at this time and the lint traps were not observed. An interview on 7/25/2017 at approximately 8:30 AM with the Housekeeping Supervisor confirmed the findings and provided a copy of the facility policy titled, Description of Dryers, and Equipment Care. The policy titled, Description of Dryers, states, These lint screens MUST be brushed and cleaned every 2 loads. If not, the screen will become packed with lint. When this occurs, the warm air moving through the system is blocked, raising the temperature in the basket and causing a potentially dangerous situation -- one spark on lint can cause a fire. Review on 7/25/2017 at approximately 8:38 AM of the facility policy titled, Equipment Care, states, The equipment in the laundry consists of washing machines and dryers. These items need daily maintenance from laundry personnel and should have preventive maintenance performed by the maintenance department. It is your responsibility to see that the equipment is loaded and operated properly, and to be sure that the staff sets up an effective schedule to clean the lint filters on the dryers every two hours to save energy and to prevent fires. Review on 7/25/2017 at approximately 8:45 AM of a form titled, Lint Trap Schedule, for July 2017 was initialed by a laundry worker that the lint was removed at 8:00 AM on 7/25/2017, but 2 of 6 clothes dryers contained a large build-up of lint. Review on 7/25/2017 at approximately 10:15 AM of a form titled, Weekly Cleaning/Vacuuming Of Lint In/Around Dryers, was started on 11/1/2015 and was signed by the Maintenance Supervisor as completed. Further review on 7/25/2017 at approximately 1015 AM of the form revealed the next date logged was 6/20/2017 and was also signed by the Maintenance Supervisor. There was no consistency documented on the form to ensure the lint was cleaned and vacuumed weekly per the schedule. An interview on 7/25/2017 at approximately 10:40 AM with the Maintenance Supervisor confirmed the dryers were not vacuumed and cleaned out weekly. He/she went on to say the maintenance department does try to vacuum the clothes dryers out weekly but the log was pushed to the bottom of a stack of papers on his/her desk. He/she could not ensure that the dryers were cleaned/vacuumed out weekly and the build-up of lint removed.	2020-09-01