cms_DC: 19

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
19	WASHINGTON CTR FOR AGING SVCS	95014	2601 18TH STREET NE	WASHINGTON	DC	20018	2019-07-30	812	E	0	1	BMNI11	Based on observations and staff interview, the facility failed to prepare foods under sanitary conditions as evidenced by four (4) of four (4) soiled fire sprinklers heads, one (1) of four (4) damaged sprinkler head, a water fountain with a missing cover and erroneous dish machine final rinse temperature documentation. Findings included . During a walkthrough of the facility's dietary services on (MONTH) 17, 2019, at approximately 8:10 AM: 1. Four (4) of four (4) fire sprinklers located above the tilt skillet, the grill, the grease fryer and the stove were soiled with a sticky, oily sludge. 2. One (1) of four (4) fire sprinkler heads located above the tilt skillet was bent at the deflector. 3. The water fountain located in the main kitchen lacked an enclosure to protect its internal parts and provide a safety barrier. 4. Dish Machine Temperature logs from (MONTH) 2019 through (MONTH) 2019 were inaccurately recorded. Final Rinse temperatures were consistently documented at less than 180 degrees Fahrenheit (F) on 19 occasions in (MONTH) 2019, 76 times in (MONTH) 2019, 81 times in (MONTH) 2019, 80 times in (MONTH) 2019, and 79 times in (MONTH) 2019, and twice in (MONTH) 2019. During a face-to-face interview with Employee #8 on (MONTH) 26, 2019, at approximately 11:00 AM and Employee #9 on (MONTH) 26, 2019, at approximately 12:15 PM, they both acknowledged there were no mechanical breakdowns with the dish machine when the above final rinse temperatures were recorded at less than 180 degrees Fahrenheit (F). Dish Machine temperatures are recorded two (2) to three (3) times daily according to the Dish Machine Temperature logs. Employee #8 acknowledged the above findings during a face-to-face interview on (MONTH) 26, 2019, at approximately 11:00 AM.	2020-09-01