cms_NH: 82

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
82 EDGEWOOD CENTRE (THE) 305022 928 SOUTH STREET PORTSMOUTH NH 3801 2017-02-10 371 E 0 1 FQ0H11 Based on observation and interview the facility failed to ensure safe sanitation practices, including kitchen personnel wearing hairnet covering all hair and food handling processes. Findings include: During the kitchen tour on 2/7/17 at approximately 9:40 a.m. with Staff [NAME] (Food Service Director) it was observed that the high temp dishwasher rinse cycle only reached 176 degrees Fahrenheit after 4 empty trays were processed through. Review of the facility's temperature logs revealed the following below range entries: 1/27/17 the rinse cycle reached 160 degrees Fahrenheit, 1/29/17 the rinse cycle reached 140 degrees Fahrenheit, 2/1/17 the rinse cycle reached 160 degrees Fahrenheit, 2/2/17 the rinse cycle reached 160 degrees Fahrenheit. During interview with Staff [NAME] on 2/7/17 at approximately 9:50 a.m., Staff [NAME] confirmed the above findings and stated that the rinse cycle did not reach the required temperature of at least 180 degrees Fahrenheit. During tour of the kitchen on 2/7/17 at approximately 9:55 a.m. with Staff E, the meat slicer was observed to be covered with a plastic cover. This surveyor asked Staff [NAME] if the meat slicer was ready for use and Staff [NAME] stated that it was ready for use. The plastic cover was lifted to view the entire surface area of the meat slicer and it was discovered that the back side of the meat slicer blade in the center of the blade had a ring around the blade of a thick, light brown thick, greasy substance that was easily scraped off when touch by this surveyor. Interview at approximately 10:00 a.m. with Staff [NAME] confirmed the above findings. During tour of the kitchen on 2/7/17 at approximately 10:15 a.m. with Staff E, the walk-in cooler/large walk-in refrigerator, observation revealed a small box of take-out Chinese food and a container of what was labeled as Japanese Soy Product that were sitting among other food items in this cooler. These items did not contain a date. Interview on 2/7/17 at approximately 10:20 a.m. with Staff E, Staff [NAME] stated that these items were left over from the Japanese New Year. Staff [NAME] removed these items from the walk-in cooler and threw them in the trash. 2020-09-01