Failure to Properly Date, Label, and Store Food in Nourishment Rooms
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility failed to properly date, label, and store food items in two nourishment room refrigerators. In the 100-hall nourishment room, two personal-sized food storage containers belonging to staff were found in the refrigerator door without any labels or use-by dates. These containers were not stored in the designated employee breakroom refrigerator as required. The Dietary Manager confirmed that these items were not present during her earlier check of the refrigerator that morning. In the 200-hall nourishment room, an open container of applesauce with approximately 25% of its contents missing was found in the snack cupboard instead of being refrigerated. The applesauce was used by nurses to administer medications to residents and was not dated or stored according to facility policy. The Dietary Manager stated that she had checked the nourishment room earlier that morning and did not see the opened applesauce container. The Administrator confirmed that both the staff food containers and the applesauce should have been properly dated, labeled, and stored in accordance with facility procedures.