019 Nursing Facility Licensing Files - Retain 10 years, destroy. These surveys are intended to ensure that care and services rendered to residents of these facilities are adequate and of appropriate quality. The Unit also does complaint investigation of facility-wide problems. Currently there are CCMU's in Tualatin, Albany and Medford. Surveys are performed with no-notice at long term care facilities to evaluate compliance with federal and state rules.
Teams observe conditions and care of residents.
They also inspect and evaluate patient records and other records of the facility. Follow up visits and actions are performed between surveys. Facilities having problems on surveys are offered help from a CCMU Continuous Quality Improvement Team. The team helps the facility develop its own quality improvement program in order to improve the facility's performance on surveys. 020 Facility Survey Files - Retain 10 years, destroy.