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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
81 PIONEER CARE CENTER 465020 815 SOUTH 200 WEST BRIGHAM CITY UT 84302 2018-06-21 580 D 0 1 EUNP11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on interview and medical record review, it was determined the facility did not immediately consult with the resident's physician for 1 of 31 sample residents. Specifically, the facility nursing staff did not notify the physician of abnormal blood glucose results. Resident Identifier: 93. Findings include: Resident 93 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Resident 93's medical record was reviewed on 6/20/18. Resident 93's (MONTH) (YEAR) Medication Administration Record [REDACTED] a. On 06/13/18 at 4:01 PM, low blood sugar of 37 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) b. On 06/14/18 at 6:21 PM, low blood sugar of 45 mg/dL c. On 06/16/18 at 8:10 AM, high blood sugar of 578 mg/dL On 6/20/18 at 10:55 AM, an interview was conducted with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 1. LPN 1 reported that resident 93's blood sugars are not controlled. LPN 1 stated that she reported the blood sugar on 6/19/18 of 344 to the physician. On 6/20/18 at 11:12 AM, an interview was conducted with LPN 2. LPN 2 reported that if a resident had a blood glucose level under 60 mg/dL or over 400 mg/dL, she would notify the physician. LPN 2 stated if there was an order to notify the physician with a different parameter for blood glucose, she would follow the order. On 6/20/18 at 3:20 PM, an interview was conducted with the Director of Nursing (DON). The DON stated that a resident's physician should be notified if a resident's blood glucose level was less than 60 or over 400. The DON did not provide additional information that the physician was contacted regarding the abnormal blood glucose levels on 6/13/18, 6/14/18 and 6/16/18. 2020-09-01