cms_SC: 8271

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
8271 PRINCE GEORGE HEALTHCARE CENTER 425295 901 MAPLE STREET GEORGETOWN SC 29440 2012-07-25 367 D 0 1 QHNN11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey, based on record review, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to provide a physician ordered diet in the appropriate form for 1 of 2 residents reviewed receiving a Puree diet. Resident #3 continued to receive whole sandwiches after the diet was changed to pureed. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #3 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Record review on 7/23/12 revealed a physician's orders [REDACTED]. During observation of the lunch meal on 7/24/12, a staff member delivering the tray was asked what diet the resident was receiving. The staff member stated that the resident was receiving a Puree diet. The staff member was asked if a whole sandwich was on a Puree diet and she stated that she did not think she would feed the sandwich to the resident. Observation of the evening meal revealed LPN(Licensed Practical Nurse)#2 feeding the resident. LPN #2 was asked what diet the resident was on and she responded after reading the tray card that she was on a Puree diet. LPN #2 confirmed a whole sandwich on the resident's tray. Review of the tray card revealed a sandwich was still listed. An interview with the Dietary Manager on 7/25/12 revealed that the sandwich had remained on the tray card after the diet change and that after it had been brought to her attention, it was removed. An interview with the Registered Dietician on 7/25/12 at 11:45 AM revealed that the sandwich was listed as a preference of the resident and when reviewing the resident's diet, she did not review the tray card for accuracy. 2016-06-01