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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
6592 FLORENCE REHAB & NURSING CENTER 425163 133 WEST CLARKE ROAD FLORENCE SC 29501 2014-06-19 505 E 0 1 T4HW11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey, based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to promptly notify the attending physician of abnormal laboratory test results so that appropriate action might be taken if indicated for two of seventeen sampled residents reviewed for provision of laboratory services out of a total of 22. (Residents #9 and #82) . The findings included: Record review on 6-18-14 at 5:30 PM of laboratory reports and Nursing Progress Notes for Resident # 82 revealed no evidence that the physician had been notified of abnormal test results for the following: -[MEDICATION NAME] level done on 8-21-13; -Complete Blood Count (CBC) done on 8-20-13, 2-25-14; -[MEDICATION NAME] on 3-25-14 , 2-25-14, 1-2-14, 11-11-13; -Hemoglobin and Hematocrit on 1-15-14; -[MEDICATION NAME] level on 1-2-14, 12-24-13. Record review on 6-18-14 at 2:17 PM revealed the facility admitted Resident #9 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of laboratory reports and Nursing Progress Notes revealed no evidence that the physician had been notified of abnormal test results for the following: -CBC done on 1-15-14; -Basic Metabolic Profile on 12-18-13; -[MEDICATION NAME] level on 1-15-14. During an interview on 6-18-14 at 4:20 PM, the Director of Nurses stated that nurses should note on the lab report that the physician was faxed or notified of results. When asked if the information could be documented elsewhere, s/he stated, The only other place could be in nurses' notes. During an interview on 6-19-14 at 10:53 AM, the Director of Nurses and Registered Nurse Consultant reviewed the medical record. No evidence of physician notification related to lab results could be located. 2017-12-01