cms_ME: 29

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
29 MONTELLO MANOR 205006 540 COLLEGE ST LEWISTON ME 4240 2019-12-18 880 D 0 1 UDD011 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observations and interview, the facility failed to maintain an Infection Control Program designed to prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection related to hand hygiene during 1 of 4 medication administration observations. Finding: On 12/17/19 at 8:05 a.m., a surveyor observed the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) wash her hands prior to preparing medications for Resident #20. The LPN then moved the cart to the room door, open the Medication Administration Record [REDACTED]. After touching the above items, she then popped out a [MEDICATION NAME] 100 mg (milligrams) Extended Release capsule into her bare hand and put it in the medicine cup. At this time the surveyor intervened, the LPN confirmed she should not have touched the medication with her hands. On 12/17/19 at 8:20 a.m., a surveyor discussed and confirmed the above finding with the Director of Nursing. 2020-09-01