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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
8256 FLORENCE REHAB & NURSING CENTER 425163 133 WEST CLARKE ROAD FLORENCE SC 29501 2013-06-06 323 D 1 0 ZP2D11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the day of the Complaint Inspection, based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that a wheel chair alarm was in use as ordered for Resident #2, 1 of 6 residents reviewed with chair and/or bed alarms. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #2 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 6/6/13 at approximately 11:25 AM, during initial tour, Resident #2 was observed in his/her room sitting in his/her wheel chair with oxygen infusing via nasal cannula. The resident was observed again on at 2:30 PM and at 4:16 PM. No alarm was observed on the resident's wheel chair during any of the observations. At 1:54 PM, record review revealed an order dated 5/27/13 for a wheel chair alarm with an order to check function every shift. Further review of the record on 6/6/13 at 2:21 PM revealed a Nurse's Note dated 5/24/13 at 1:15 AM that stated Resident heard hollering out. Went to room (and) found resident sitting on floor in front of w/c (wheel chair). Review of the care plan dated 5/29/13 at 4:10 PM on 6/6/13 revealed the intervention W/C alarm. Check function Q (every) shift . At approximately 4:15 PM on 6/6/13, review of the Treatment Administration Record (TAR) revealed the treatment W/C alarm (check) function q (every) shift had been signed as completed for the 7-3 shift on 6/6/13. During an interview at 4:16 PM, Licensed Practical Nurse #1 confirmed that s/he had signed the MAR on 6/6/13 as having checked the function of the wheel chair alarm. S/he further confirmed that the wheel chair alarm was not on the resident's chair and was unable to locate an alarm in the resident's room. The resident stated at that time if there's an alarm on this chair, I don't know about it. 2016-06-01