cms_SC: 4746

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
4746 MUSC HEALTH CHESTER NURSING CENTER 425061 1 MEDICAL PARK DRIVE CHESTER SC 29706 2016-05-11 431 D 0 1 1UJ011 Based on observations, record reviews, interview and manufacturer labeling the facility failed to ensure that a sterile medication was properly stored in 1 of 4 medication carts observed. The findings included: On 05/09/2016 at approximately 3:02 PM inspection of the Gaston Wing Medication Cart revealed one opened and 3/4 full bottle of Sterile 0.9% (percent) Normal Saline, USP (United States Pharmacopoeia) 100 ml (milliliters) by Medline. The label on the opened and partially used bottle was labeled by the manufacturer: Caution: No antimicrobial or other substance added. and Contents sterile unless container is opened or damaged. This finding was verified on 5/9/16 at approximately 3:06 PM by Licensed Practical Nurse #2 who stated that the bottle should have been discarded after use. 2019-08-01