cms_WV: 516

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
516 MERCER NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER 515052 1275 SOUTHVIEW DRIVE BLUEFIELD WV 24701 2020-02-04 880 F 0 1 CN2N11 Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to establish and maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections. This failed practice had the potential to affect more than an isolated number of residents. Facility census: 100. Findings included: a) B-hallway medication room On 01/28/20 at 9:08 AM, the B-hallway medication room was inspected with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #[AGE] in attendance. Under the sink were stored two (2) cartons with six (6) cups of applesauce in each carton. LPN #[AGE] removed the applesauce from under the sink. On 01/28/20 at 9:34 AM, the facility's Administrator was informed that applesauce was stored in an unsanitary area under the medication room sink. No further information was provided at the close of the survey at 12:30 PM on [DATE]. 2020-09-01