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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
874 VALLEY FALLS TERRACE 425096 400 LOCUST GROVE ROAD SPARTANBURG SC 29303 2019-03-22 812 F 0 1 07YM11 Based on observation, interview, and review of the facility policies, the facility failed to prepare, distribute, and serve food under sanitary conditions for 1 of 1 kitchen reviewed and has the potential to affect 84 of 85 residents with ordered diets as evidenced by failing to do the following: wear facial hair restraints, store food sanitarily, clean can opener and ice scoop tray. The findings included: On 3/18/19 at approximately 3:35 PM, an initial tour of the main kitchen with the Dietary Manager (DM) revealed: 1.) Dietary Aide #1 and the DM had a mustache without facial hair restraint to cover. Walk-in refrigerator: 2.) (1) Box of thawed chicken dripping a red substance onto the floor leaving a puddle below. 3.) The ice scoop tray on the ice machine did not allow for drainage and had a build-up of a black substance on the bottom with the ice scoop resting in it. 4.) The can opener had a black build-up of food debris on the blade. On 3/19/19 at approximately 5:30 PM an observation of the dinner line plating in the main kitchen with the DM revealed: 1.) Dietary Aide #1 and the DM had a mustache without facial hair restraint to cover. 2.) The can opener had a black build-up of food debris on the blade. On 3/19/19 at approximately 5:50 PM, during an interview with the DM, s/he verified facial hair restraints were not covering mustaches, chicken was not in a drip pan and was dripping onto the floor, the ice scoop tray did not have drainage and had a build-up of a black substance, and there was debris build-up on the can opener. Review of the facility policy entitled, Ice, procedure (5) states, Ice scoops will be cleaned and stored in a separate container that limits exposure to dust and moisture. Review of the facility policy entitled, Staff Attire, states under procedure (1) states, All staff members will have their hair off the shoulders, confined in a hair net or cap, and facial hair properly re-strained. Review of the facility policy entitled, Food Preparation, states under procedure (5) states, The Cook thaws frozen items that requires defrosting prior to preparation using one of the following methods: Thawing in the refrigerator, in a drip-proof container, and in a manner that prevents cross-contamination. 2020-09-01