Unsanitary Storage of Dishes and Utensils in Kitchen
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to store clean and sanitized dishes and utensils in a clean and safe manner as required by its Dry Storage of Dishes and Utensils policy. During an observation of the kitchen, surveyors noted a crockpot on the second shelf of a wire rack that was stained with an off-white coloring and had food and dust on it. On the third shelf of the same rack, a bowl being used to store weighted silverware was found with dust and debris inside the bottom of the bowl. The Dietary Manager (DM) reported that the crockpot was a personal item that should not have been stored there and that the bowl was dusty because the weighted silverware was not currently in use. The DM also stated that cleaning was supposed to be done daily but had not been completed for the past three days. The DM identified that 100 residents received nutrition from the kitchen where these unsanitary storage practices were observed.
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