Failure to Provide Properly Prepared Mechanical Soft Diets
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Summary
The facility failed to provide food in the appropriate form for residents on mechanical soft diets, as required by their dietary orders and facility policy. During tray line service, the cook prepared mechanical soft diet meals by manually chopping baked chicken and adding gravy, resulting in pieces of varying sizes rather than the required ground consistency. Two residents on mechanical soft diets were served this improperly prepared chicken, despite the menu and recipe specifying ground deboned chicken with gravy. The dietitian confirmed that the recipe guidance for mechanically altered diets should be followed, and facility policy requires adherence to prescribed texture modifications for therapeutic diets.