cms_TN: 62

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
62	NHC-MAURY REGIONAL TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER	445030	5010 TROTWOOD AVE	COLUMBIA	TN	38401	2018-08-01	880	D	0	1	D20911	Based on policy review, observation, and interview, 2 of 2 (Registered Nurse (RN) #2 and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #1) staff failed to ensure infection control practices were maintained to prevent the potential spread of infection during wound care. The findings include: The facility's HANDWASHING policy, dated 10/1/08, documented, Hand hygiene has been cited frequently as the single most important practice to reduce the transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings, and is an essential element of Standard Precautions .Wash hands before and after contact with each patient, after toileting, smoking or eating, and before and after removal of gloves . Observations in Resident #230's room on 7/31/18 beginning at 11:10 AM, revealed CNA #1 assisting RN #2 with wound care. RN #2 cleaned a marker with a bleach wipe and changed her gloves without performing hand hygiene. CNA #1 touched the bed covers, adjusted the bed, and changed her gloves without performing hand hygiene. RN #1 touched the wound with her gloved left hand and changed her gloves without performing hand hygiene. After applying a foam dressing to the wound, RN #1 changed her gloves without performing hand hygiene. After assisting with positioning Resident #230 during wound care, CNA #1 changed her gloves without performing hand hygiene. Interview with the Director of Nursing (DON) on 8/1/18 at 5:58 PM, in the conference room, the DON was asked what nursing staff should do between removing used gloves and donning clean gloves. The DON stated, Perform hand hygiene.	2020-09-01