cms_ME: 76

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
76 BANGOR NURSING & REHABILITATION 205020 103 TEXAS AVE BANGOR ME 4401 2018-08-08 761 D 0 1 FGCE11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to remove an expired insulin vial from the supply available for use in 1 of 2 licensed treatment carts (Skilled Unit). Finding: The facility's PharMerica Insulin Drug Chart indicates that [MEDICATION NAME] (pens & vials) are good for 28 days. On [DATE], a surveyor and a Registered Nurse (RN) observed in the Skilled Unit licensed treatment cart, a vial of [MEDICATION NAME] for a resident with an open date of ,[DATE] and an expiration date of ,[DATE], both written in pen on the cardboard box. The [MEDICATION NAME] was dated good for 31 days. During an interview with a surveyor, the RN stated that the [MEDICATION NAME] was good for 28 days (expired [DATE]). The RN stated that the resident receives [MEDICATION NAME] in the evening and received it last evening. The surveyor confirmed the [MEDICATION NAME] was expired at this time. The RN removed the vial from the treatment cart and ordered a new one from the pharmacy. On [DATE] at 12:50 p.m., during an interview with a surveyor, the Director of Nursing (DON) and the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON), both stated that [MEDICATION NAME] is good for 28 days. The surveyor confirmed the [MEDICATION NAME] was labeled incorrectly and was expired at this time. 2020-09-01