While most nursing homes in the county had no violations and were in compliance with all state requirements during a recent state inspection, others had deficiencies, such as not checking the blood of diabetic patients, storing employee food and patients medicines in the same refrigerator and using equipment on patients that was not ordered by a doctor.

The state Department of Health released the results of its most recent inspections of 456 nursing homes across the state that receive Medicare and/or Medicaid payments, and 12 operating facilities are listed in the database under Butler County.

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