F0812

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Unclean Resident Refrigerators and Lack of Food Labeling and Monitoring

Kettering, Ohio Survey Completed on 01-14-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

Surveyors found that the facility failed to ensure resident refrigerators were clean and free from expired or improperly stored foods, affecting 106 residents, with the exception of one resident who was NPO. During observation of the resident refrigerator on the 100-Hall, Skilled Hall, and 200-Hall with the DON, the interior was noted to be dirty, with a moist hand towel lying on the top shelf that had brown stains scattered throughout. Inside the refrigerator were four personal containers of various food items that were unlabeled and undated, as well as multiple opened bottles of iced coffee without resident names, dates, or expiration dates. The attached freezer contained a frozen red substance on the floor, a thermometer lying upside down on the floor of the freezer that was stuck and unable to move, two cups of Dairy Queen ice cream with straws sticking out of the lids that were undated and unlabeled, and two additional personal containers of food that were also undated and unlabeled.

There was no temperature or cleaning log present on or around the refrigerator/freezer. In an interview conducted at the time of observation, the DON confirmed the dirty condition of the refrigerators and freezers on the 100-Hall, Skilled Hall, and 200-Hall, confirmed that the refrigerator/freezer should be cleaned and temperatures checked daily, and acknowledged that the cleaning and temperature logs were missing. The DON also stated there was no policy on cleaning the residents' refrigerators. This deficiency was investigated under Complaint Number 2677474.