cms_AL: 52

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
52	ATHENS HEALTH AND REHABILITATION LLC	15016	611 WEST MARKET STREET	ATHENS	AL	35611	2018-07-19	755	D	0	1	OEFS11	Based on observations of medication storage on 3 of 5 units, and review of the facility's policy titled Medication Storage, Storage of Medications and Biologicals, the facility failed to ensure that medications that were expired were not available for use. Expired medications were located on one of the three units observed. Findings include: Review of a facility policy titled Medication Storage, Storage of Medications and Biologicals, Policy 3.1, 03/11 states: Policy Medications and biologicals are stored safely, securely, and properly, following manufacturer's recommendations or those of the supplier . Procedures 11. Outdated, contaminated or deterioriated medications and those in containers that are cracked, soiled, or without secure clusures are removed from stock, disposed of according to procedures for medications disposal . During an observation on 7/18/18 at 2:39 PM, with EI #9, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), of the rehab. medication storage room, two vials of flu vaccine were observed. These two vials had expiration dates of 6/22/18. During an interview with EI #9, on 7/18/18 at 2:43 PM, she was asked who is responsible for removing expired medications. EI #9 said, any of the nurses (could remove expired medications). When asked if there is a potential for harm for administering expired medications, EI #9 responded by saying, they could have a reaction. When asked if expired medications should be in the refrigerator, EI #9 said, no.	2020-09-01