Failure to Follow Safe Food Handling and Hand Hygiene Practices
Penalty
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Summary
Staff was observed failing to follow safe food handling practices during meal service. Specifically, one staff member touched various surfaces including plate warmer lids, menus, scoop handles, and their own clothing, then proceeded to handle food items in the warmers with bare hands. The staff member also placed the scoop on top of the lids of the warmer pans after use and touched multiple items between serving food from the steam table. Facility policy requires all employees to maintain adequate hand hygiene by adhering to specific infection control practices, which was not followed in this instance.