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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
11347 EASTBROOK CENTER LLC 515089 3819 CHESTERFIELD AVENUE CHARLESTON WV 25304 2010-12-22 309 D     IX4U11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** . Based on medical record review, resident observation, staff interview, and resident interview, the facility failed to provide necessary care and services for one (1) of a hundred and forty-four (144) residents on the sample. Resident #15 was receiving blood thinners and was observed with excessive bruising to bilateral upper extremities. There was no documentation that the use of blood thinners was being monitored for this resident. Resident identifier: #15. Facility census: 144. Findings include: a) Resident #15 Observation, on 12/21/10 at 10:20 a.m., found Resident #15 sitting on her bed with excessive bruising to her bilateral upper extremities. An interview with Resident #15 revealed she was on blood thinners. Review of the physician's orders [REDACTED]. Review of recent laboratory results, dated 09/09/10 and 11/08/10, found no laboratory results used for monitoring the effectiveness of the blood thinner to regulate clotting. Review of the resident's treatment administration record (TAR) for December 2010 revealed weekly body audits had not been documented for 12/09/10 and 12/16/10. In an interview on 12/22/10 at 4:00 p.m., Resident #15 reported, "I can barely just touch or scratch myself and I bruise. I am on blood thinners, and I think it needs to be checked. I was going to talk to my doctor about it, but I haven't seen him." In an interview on 12/22/10 at 5:15 p.m., the director of nursing (DON - Employee #169) reported, "We know we have a problem with documentation, and we are working on it." Employee #169 stated the facility had no documentation regarding the bruising on Resident #15's arms. Interview with the licensed practical nurse (LPN) assigned to Resident #15 (Employee #159), on 12/22/10 at 5:20 p.m., revealed he was not aware of any bruising to Resident #15's bilateral upper extremities. . 2014-04-01