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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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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
93 WEST SHORE HEALTH CENTER 415028 109 WEST SHORE ROAD WARWICK RI 2889 2018-07-09 689 F 0 1 DOH811 Based on surveyor observation and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that the resident environment remains as free of accident hazards as possible related to chemicals stored unsecured in the linen closet for 4 of 6 closets on the following units; First Floor South, Second floor South, West and North units. Findings are as follows: During a surveyor observation of the 1st floor south linen closet on 7/03/2018 at 12:25 PM, there were the following chemicals stored unsecured: - 2 containers of Clorox Bleach Germicidal Wipes - 4 containers of Clorox Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfecting Wipes - 3 bottles of barrier skin cream - 1 bottle of no rinse skin cleanser During a surveyor observation of the 2nd floor (south) on 7/3/2018 at 12:30 PM, there were the following chemicals stored unsecured in the linen closet: - 1 container of Clorox Bleach Germicidal Wipes - 4 containers of Clorox Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfecting Wipes - 2 unopened Fleet enemas - 6 spray bottles of medline ready cleaning body lotions - 1 container PDI sani-hands - 1 4 ounce bottle of mouth wash - 1 bottle of sunscreen - 4 bottles of no rinse cleanser - 5 packages of ReadyFlush Biodegradable Flushable Wipes - 1 4 ounce bottle of hand sanitizer During a surveyor observation of the 2nd floor (north) on 7/3/2018 at 12:35 PM, there were the following chemicals stored unsecured in the linen closet: - 1 container of Clorox Bleach Germicidal Wipes - 4 containers of Clorox Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfecting Wipes - 1 box of denture cleaning tablets - 4 bottles of hand sanitizer During a surveyor observation of the 2nd floor (west) on 7/3/2018 at 12:40 PM, there were the following chemicals stored unsecured in the linen closet: - 2 containers of Clorox Bleach Germicidal Wipes - 1 container of Clorox Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfecting Wipes During a surveyor interview with the, Staff, ( Staff H) on 7/5/2018 at approximately 2:30 PM she indicated that the linen closets should always be locked. In a subsequent interview with the Director of Maintenance on 7/06/2018 at 1:00 PM, he indicated that the linen closed should only be used to store clean linen and there should not be chemicals stored in the closets. He also indicated these doors should be kept locked at all times. In an interview with the Director of Nurses on 7/6/2018 at 1:15 PM she was unable explain why chemicals were stored in the linen closets or why the closets were not locked. 2020-09-01