cms_SC: 8250

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
8250 SOUTHLAND HEALTH CARE CENTER 425157 722 SOUTH DARGAN STREET FLORENCE SC 29506 2012-05-30 241 D 0 1 ZD5411 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey, based on observations and interview, the facility failed to promote care in a manner that enhances each resident's dignity for 1 of 3 residents reviewed with catheters. The facility failed to provide a cover for Resident #2's catheter bag. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #2 on 4/05/07 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the medical record on 5/29/12 revealed a physician's orders [REDACTED]. During the Initial Tour of the unit on 5/29/12 at approximately 11:35 AM, the resident's door was open, and the resident's Foley catheter bag was observed hanging on the side of the bed facing/nearest the door. The catheter bag was observed to contain a small amount of urine, and the bag was uncovered. These findings remained the same during observations of the resident's catheter bag on 5/29/12 at approximately 2:15 PM, 5:20 PM, 6:00 PM and on 5/30/12 at approximately 9:15 AM and 11:45 AM. The resident's door was open and the catheter bag was hanging in the same location during these observations. During an interview with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #2 on 5/30/12 at approximately 11:45 AM, the surveyor asked LPN #2 to view the resident's room from the hallway and to observe if anything would be noticeable to visitors or anyone walking past the room. At that time, LPN #2 stated that the catheter bag was uncovered and should have a cover. When asked if staff had access to catheter bag covers, LPN #2 stated that the covers were available in the unit's supply room. 2016-06-01