Failure to Verify Meal Information Before Service
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to properly verify essential meal information prior to serving food to a resident. During a meal service observation, a Geriatric Nursing Assistant served a meal tray to a resident without a meal ticket, which is required to confirm the resident's name, room number, diet type, food texture, liquid consistency, and allergies. The GNA acknowledged that the tray should not have been served without this verification. Interviews with staff confirmed that the standard procedure is to return any meal tray lacking a meal ticket to the kitchen, and the Director of Nursing stated that staff are expected to verify all meal tickets before serving trays to residents.