cms_VT: 99

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
99 ST JOHNSBURY HEALTH & REHAB 475019 1248 HOSPITAL DRIVE SAINT JOHNSBURY VT 5819 2018-01-03 760 G 1 0 1SPM11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on staff interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that 1 applicable resident (Resident #1) was free from any significant medication errors. Findings include: Per record review, Resident # 1 was administered the wrong drug on 11/2/17 which caused the resident discomfort and/or jeopardized his/her health and safety. A fax notice from facility nursing staff to the physician dated 11/4/17 stated that flu vaccine was drawn up in error instead of [MEDICATION NAME] solution and administered. (H/she) does have a flu vaccine allergy listed. Review of the Medication Administration Record [REDACTED]. A second fax to the physician on 11/4/17 indicated that Resident # 1 had developed a rash to abdomen and bilateral thighs, bilateral arms and back, hive-like and itching. At 1:10 PM on 1/3/18, the Center Nurse Executive (CEN) confirmed that on 11/2/17, Resident # 1 was administered Influenza vaccine on 11/2/17 instead of [MEDICATION NAME] solution despite having a documented allergy to flu vaccine. 2020-09-01