cms_SC: 8210

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
8210	WHITE OAK MANOR - SPARTANBURG	425024	295 EAST PEARL STREET	SPARTANBURG	SC	29303	2012-05-16	441	D	0	1	YFIO11	NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY On the days of the survey, based on observation, interview, and review of the facility provided policy on Hand Hygiene, the facility failed to maintain a sanitary environment. Following a [DEVICE] flush the nurse failed to wash her hands prior to touching another resident. ( 1 of 3 gastric tube flushes observed for infection control practices - Resident #4.) The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #4 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. After observing a tube flush treatment on 5/15/12 at 12:15 PM, LPN # 3 took a plastic bag of trash to the soiled utility room on 400 Unit. The nurse placed the bag of trash into a trash barrel, replaced the lid on the barrel, and exited the room. She proceeded down the hall to the laundry, entered and placed the other plastic bag of soiled linen into the receptacle for soiled linen. The nurse exited the laundry area and started down the hall. A resident said something and the nurse entered the resident 's room, walked over to the resident, placing her hands on the resident's shoulder and wheelchair. The nurse had not washed her hands prior to leaving the soiled utility room or laundry room, prior to touching the resident During an interview with the ADON ( Assistant Director of Nursing) on 5/16/12 at 9:10 AM, The ADON confirmed the nurse should have washed her hands before leaving the soiled utility room and before leaving the laundry. Additionally, the nurse should have washed her hands before direct contact with the resident. Review of the facility's policy on Hand Hygiene documented Hand Hygiene should be done: before and after direct resident contact and after contact or handling of soiled linens or equipment.	2016-06-01