Deficiencies in Food Storage, Handling, and Sanitation
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed multiple failures in food storage, handling, and sanitation within the facility's dietary services. A large accumulation of ice was found on the freezer floor and on two boxes of food, with some individual ice creams having fallen out of their box onto the floor due to the ice. The Dietary Manager confirmed there was a leak in the freezer that worsened during storms and stated that short staffing and additional duties prevented timely cleanup. Additionally, a Dietary Aide was seen transferring glasses by the rim with gloved hands after touching various surfaces, including a milk carton, her shirt, the drink cart, health shakes, the ice scoop, and her face. Another Dietary Aide wiped a counter with a cloth from a sanitizer bucket and then began preparing sandwiches; the sanitizer solution was found to be less than 25 parts per million chlorine, and the aide was unaware of the required sanitizer level. These deficiencies had the potential to affect all 96 residents in the facility. No specific residents or their medical histories were mentioned in the report, but the documented census indicated 96 residents were present at the time of the survey.