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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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BENEFIS SENIOR SERVICES |
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2621 15TH AVE S |
GREAT FALLS |
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2017-03-09 |
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Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure a system was in place for the identification, cleaning, and/or replacement of soiled oxygen concentrator filters for 3 of 4 sampled concentrators; and failed to follow the manufacturer's recommendations for the concentrators and filters used by the residents. This failure had the potential to affect any resident utilizing the concentrator equipment, and filters. Findings include: During observations of the facility on 3/7/17 at 2:35 p.m., oxygen concentrators were inspected in the residents' rooms. The exterior filters of the concentrators in resident rooms 501, 509, and 612 were found to have a heavy accumulations of dust build up. The dust also covered the panel under the filters. Review of the Perfecto2 Preventative Maintenance manufacturer's recommendations showed Remove the filter and clean at least once a week depending on environmental conditions. The recommendations further showed the explanation of the procedure for how to wash the filters and cautioned that the filters may need frequent cleaning. Additionally, the recommendations showed the concentrators were to be cleaned and disinfected between residents and explained what parts of the concentrator required disposal and replacement to prepare the machine for another resident's use. During an interview on 3/7/17 at 10:15 a.m., staff member C stated the concentrators received annual preventative maintenance, but she was not sure about the cleaning of the filters. She stated the concentrators were wiped down between residents, and once cleaned, placed in the storage room. The cleaning of the concentrator equipment was a shared task between the homemakers and the CNAs. On 3/7/17 at 2:14 p.m., staff member C also stated, upon further investigation, she found out that the concentrators received annual PMs (preventative maintenance) and the filters were replaced then. She stated as far as she knew, there was no system in place by nursing staff of monitoring the cleanliness of the concentrators' filters. During an interview on 3/7/17 at 2:53 p.m., staff member K stated there was no nursing policy on filter cleaning and/or replacement. He stated the housekeepers vacuumed them, and the concentrators received annual PMs. During an interview on 3/7/17 at 2:55 p.m., staff member I stated they wiped the concentrators, but the filters were not cleaned. She stated and they are filthy dirty. She stated she brought this issue to the facility's attention two years ago when she worked at Eastview, but she was told not to touch the filters. During an interview on 3/9/17 at 10:00 a.m., staff member P stated she did not perform routine cleaning of the filters of the oxygen concentrators. She also stated she did not clean the units between the resident use. She stated if the unit beeps she reported this to the nurse. |
2020-09-01 |