cms_RI: 12

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
12 ELDERWOOD AT RIVERSIDE 415007 100 WAMPANOAG TRAIL RIVERSIDE RI 2915 2019-01-04 812 F 1 1 D5QX11 > Based on surveyor observations and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to properly store food under sanitary conditions relative to the main kitchen. Findings are as follows: During initial tour of the kitchen on 1/2/2019 at approximately 8:20 AM, the following items were found: 1.) There were 4 trays of pre-cooked Molly's Kitchen green stuffed peppers with beef in tomato sauce left out in the 3-bay sink to thaw. The instructions on the package state, food may be thawed up to 48 hours under refrigeration. 2.) There were 4 white, plastic coffee pitchers on the counter, stored upright with the lid on. One pitcher had a thin layer of coffee-colored liquid sitting in it and one pitcher had a thin layer of clear liquid sitting in it. During a surveyor interview with the Food Service Director on 1/2/2019 at approximately 8:50 AM, she acknowledged that the stuffed peppers should not have been left out to thaw. Additionally, she indicated that the coffee pitchers were stored away as clean and should have been stored inverted, without the covers on. 2020-09-01