cms_SC: 46

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
46 CHERAW HEALTHCARE 425005 400 MOFFAT ROAD CHERAW SC 29520 2018-10-11 684 E 0 1 KNGB11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observations, record review, and interviews, the facility failed to follow physician's orders for use of siderails and failed to follow standards of practice to address [MEDICAL CONDITION] for one of one sampled resident reviewed for range of motion (Resident #8). The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #8 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Multiple observations (on 10/08/18 at 7:59 AM, 10:07 AM, 10:51 AM, 1:11 PM, 3:39 PM, and 4:51 PM; on 10/08/18 01:03 PM; on 10/10/18 at 2:01 PM) revealed that the resident's right hand was [MEDICAL CONDITION], had a handroll in place, and was not kept elevated, both in and out of bed, to assist in decreasing the swelling. During an interview on 10/09/18 at 2:56 PM, Certified Nursing Assistant #2 verified the [MEDICAL CONDITION] of the right wrist and hand and that it had not been kept elevated. Record review on 10/09/18 at 3:02 PM revealed Physician's Orders for one siderail to be up. Multiple observations (on 10/08/18 at 7:59 AM, 10:07 AM, 3:39 PM, and 4:51 PM; on 10/10/18 at 2:01 PM) revealed the resident in bed with both half siderails elevated. During an interview on 10/09/18 at 3:49 PM, Licensed Practical Nurse #2 verified the Physician's Order and observed/confirmed that half rails were elevated on both sides of the bed. 2020-09-01