Failure to Monitor and Maintain Personal Refrigerators for Food Safety
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that five residents had personal refrigerators in their rooms, and there was no evidence of temperature logs or monitoring for these refrigerators. Additionally, there was no documentation or indication that the refrigerators were being cleaned or maintained according to professional food safety standards. An interview with the Nursing Home Administrator confirmed that the facility did not have a written policy regarding personal refrigerators, and no education had been provided to residents or their families about safe food storage, refrigerator cleaning, or temperature monitoring. These findings indicate that the facility failed to ensure food stored in personal refrigerators was maintained in accordance with professional standards for food safety, as required by regulation.