cms_VT: 97

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
97	THE PINES AT RUTLAND CENTER FOR NURSING AND REHABI	475018	99 ALLEN STREET	RUTLAND	VT	5701	2019-11-13	880	D	1	0	JRWS11	> Based on observation and interview the facility failed to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections as evidenced by staff failing to follow hand hygiene procedures while providing care to 1 of 2 resident's in the applicable sample (Resident #1). Findings include: Per observation of morning care for Resident #1 on 11-13-19 at 9:10 AM, a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) donned clean gloves, cleansed Resident #1's genital area, removed his/her gloves, proceeded to dress the resident, touch multiple items in the resident's room, then exited the room without sanitizing and/or washing his/her hands. Per interview on 11-13-19 at 9:40 AM with the LNA, s/he confirmed that s/he didn't wash his/her hands after removing gloves and should have. Per interview on 11-13-19 at 11:25 AM with the Unit Manager, s/he stated that the expectation of hand hygiene for incontinence (loss of control over bladder and bowels) care and/or any care is to wash prior to providing care, sanitize hands in between glove use. Per review of the policy Infection Control Handwashing it read, [NAME] Handwashing should take place: 8. After touching blood, all body fluids, secretions and excretions, non-intact skin, mucous membranes, and contaminated items-whether or not gloves were worn. 9. Immediately after gloves are removed and between resident contacts.	2020-09-01