Failure to Maintain Sanitary Environment During Meal Service
Penalty
Summary
During meal service on the [NAME] Hall, employees were observed cleaning rooms, mopping floors, and cleaning handrails while residents were eating and food trays were being distributed. Specifically, two employees were seen performing cleaning tasks in resident areas during the noon meal, and one employee was observed cleaning handrails outside resident rooms as residents ate. The Housekeeping Supervisor confirmed that staff had been instructed not to clean resident rooms or hallways during meal service and that cleaning carts should be removed from resident halls while meals are being served. Facility policy also states that resident rooms should not be cleaned during meal services and that cleaning carts should be removed during tray pass. These actions were not followed, resulting in a failure to maintain a sanitary environment during meal service for residents.