Unlabeled and Undated Food Items in Resident Snack Refrigerators
Penalty
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Summary
During observations, two resident snack refrigerators were found to contain food items, specifically hard-boiled eggs and a bottle of honey mustard dressing, that were not labeled with a name or date. One refrigerator was located in the nurses' main charting room and the other on the transitional care unit. Staff M, the Dietary Manager, confirmed in an interview that the prep cook was responsible for daily checks of these refrigerators to ensure proper labeling and monitoring of expiration dates. Staff M also acknowledged the importance of labeling and dating food items to track ownership and duration of storage. Despite these procedures, the observed food items remained unlabeled and undated at the time of the survey.