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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
61	FAITH HEALTHCARE CENTER	425009	617 WEST MARION STREET	FLORENCE	SC	29501	2017-06-14	225	D	1	1	J20Y11	> Based on record review, interviews and review of facility files, the facility failed to obtain a statement from the alleged perpetrator for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for neglect. Resident #48 did not receive required care for respiratory difficulty. The findings included: Cross refer to F223 related to neglect of Resident # 48 and the incomplete investigation of the incident. Review of the facility investigation of the reported incident of Neglect revealed the facility did not have a written statement from the nurse who allegedly neglected resident #48. The facility had written statements of the Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) who had witnessed the incident. There was no statement from the Nurse. The investigation was summarized with statements the nurse allegedly made, however there was no actual statement from the Nurse. The summary of the investigation revealed the nurse had stated s/he was unable to locate a suction machine and there was no suction machine on the crash cart. On 6/13/17 at 8:30 AM, Registered Nurse (RN) #138 was interviewed via phone by the surveyor. The RN stated the resident was gurgling during med pass. I went and found a suction machine, but it did not work. I never got a suction machine to work. The RN stated s/he had removed the suction machine from the crash cart. I think there are 3 crash carts. It was about 9:00 AM I can't remember exactly. I never had to suction her/him before. Review of the facility Policy and Procedure on Abuse/Neglect, under the section titled Investigation stated, Written summaries of interviews with individuals having first hand knowledge of the incident. NOTE: Employees/witnesses are not to write out statements. Employees/witnesses will be interviewed by designated facility staff and the interviewer will record all witness accounts in a document written, dated and signed by the interviewer.	2020-09-01