cms_SC: 8243

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
8243 THE METHODIST OAKS 425131 151 LOVELY DRIVE ORANGEBURG SC 29115 2012-02-29 315 D 0 1 5WM211 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey, based on observations, interview and review of the facility's policy Catheter Care, the facility failed to ensure that 1 of 3 residents received appropriate catheter care. For Resident #3, Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) failed to separate and cleanse the labia. The finding included: The facility admitted Resident #3 on 1-7-09 and was readmitted on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 2-29-12 at 11:38 AM, during an observation of Resident #3's Foley catheter care, CNA #4 anchored the catheter tubing at the urinary meatus with her left hand. She then used 3 sanitary swabs to wipe only the catheter tubing. The CNA did not separate the labia to assure thorough cleansing. On 2-29-12 at 11:49 AM, during an interview, CNA #4 verified she had only cleaned the catheter tubing. Review of the facility policy entitled Catheter Care states under Procedure, Female Residents: Spread the labia, using the first swab cleanse down the one side of the labia, second swab cleanse down the other side, use third swab, starting at the urinary meatus and clean down catheter tubing rotate swab and clean opposite side of the tubing. 2016-06-01