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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
495 ABBEVILLE NURSING HOME, INC. 425057 83 THOMSON CIRCLE ABBEVILLE SC 29620 2017-03-16 441 D 0 1 3CJJ11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation and review, the facility's laundry contractor failed to follow agreed upon policy and procedure for transfer of soiled linen from the facility on 1 of 2 units reviewed for Infection Control. The findings included; Observation of the facility's contracted Laundry Service delivering and retrieving laundry on 03/16/17 at 10:14 am revealed that the handler used an unlined and unmarked container which was used to bring clean linen to the facility to retrieve soiled linen. The handler also placed unbagged soiled linen in the container. In an interview on 03/16/17 at 10:14 am while loading the container into the vehicle for transport, the handler stated that the carts are cleaned once or twice a week. Subsequent review of the contractor's policy revealed that Soiled linen containers should be lined with an impervious liner. Do not allow soiled linens to simply be dropped into a container. At designated times, laundry workers using a large bin For Soiled Linen Use Only will go to each Soiled Linen Room to pick up the soiled linens. During observations from 3-13-16 through 3-16-17, resident care equipment was stored in an improper/unsanitary manner: (1) An uncovered, unlabeled bedpan was initially noted on the floor behind the toilet in room [ROOM NUMBER] (semi-private) bathroom on 03/13/2017 at 3:04 PM. (2) On 03/14/2017 at 9:35 AM, an uncovered, unlabeled bedpan was found on the grab bar in the bathroom for room [ROOM NUMBER] (semi-private). An environmental tour was conducted with the Housekeeping/Environmental Manager, Plant Maintenance Manager, Area Manager and Assistant Maintenance Manager on 3/16/17 at 2:35 PM. The bedpans had not been moved or properly stored for the duration of the survey. All staff present verified the storage of the items. The Housekeeping Manager stated that this concern was the responsibility of the nursing department. During an interview on 3/16/27 at 2:54 PM, Registered Nurse (RN) #3 verified that the items were present in both residents' bathrooms. When asked about the protocol for storage, RN #3 stated that bedpans should be bagged and labeled. 2020-09-01