cms_SC: 93

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
93 ELLEN SAGAR NURSING CENTER 425012 1817 JONESVILLE HIGHWAY UNION SC 29379 2017-05-11 315 D 1 1 SD8911 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure there was medical justification for a foley catheter for Resident #24, 1 of 3 residents reviewed with a catheter. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #24 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 05/11/2017 at 12:29 PM, review of the Facility History and Physical dated 4/13/17 revealed a statement from the physician stating I believe this patient has the Foley catheter in place to help promote proper wound healing regarding his sacral pressure ulcer which is being addressed and surveilled by the wound care nurse. On 05/11/2017 at 12:38 PM, RN (Registered Nurse) #3 confirmed the Stage II on the sacrum was healed at the time of admission. S/he further confirmed the History and Physical indicated the Foley was in place to promote healing of the pressure ulcer and that the resident had a Foley for a month without a justification. 2020-09-01