cms_SC: 49

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
49 CHERAW HEALTHCARE 425005 400 MOFFAT ROAD CHERAW SC 29520 2018-10-11 757 E 0 1 KNGB11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to follow a procedure for 1 of 5 sampled residents reviewed for unnecessary medication to ensure that medication administered for excessive duration is reviewed for continued use. Resident #35 was on long-term [MEDICATION NAME] antibiotic therapy without documented evidence of evaluation of risks versus benefits. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #35 on 7-15-15 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Record review on 10/10/18 at 11:53 AM revealed physician's orders [REDACTED]. Review of laboratory reports and Progress Notes on 10/10/18 at 12:43 PM revealed no evidence of active infection. Review of Physician's Progress Notes revealed no documentation of continued need or evaluation of risks versus benefits of long-term [MEDICATION NAME] antibiotic use. During an interview on 10/11/18 at 1:47 PM, the Pharmacist verified the physician's orders [REDACTED]. During an interview on 10/10/18 at 2:49 PM, when asked about the continued use of the antibiotic, the Assistant Director of Nurses stated that the resident had been admitted on an antibiotic for UTIs. S/he stated,We usually try cranberry and UTI Stat. I think we tried to take (the resident) off of it but the family wanted her (him) back on it. 2020-09-01