Failure to Label and Date Family-Brought Food
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to implement its policy and procedure regarding the labeling and storage of food brought in by family members for residents. During an observation, an unlabeled and undated resealable plastic bag of dry cereal was found on a resident's bedside table. The facility's policy required all food brought in by family or visitors and left with the resident to be labeled and stored in a manner that distinguishes it from facility-prepared food, with non-perishable foods stored in resealable containers with tightly fitting lids. An LVN stated that only wet food was labeled, not dry food, and the DON confirmed that the dry cereal should have been labeled and dated.