Failure of Dietary Staff to Perform Required Hand Hygiene Upon Kitchen Entry
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified a deficiency related to food service sanitation and employee hygiene when two dietary staff members, a dietary aide and the Dietary Manager (DM), failed to wash their hands immediately upon entering the kitchen as required by facility policy. On multiple occasions within a short time frame, the dietary aide was observed entering the kitchen and beginning work without handwashing, specifically at 11:55 a.m., 11:59 a.m., 12:04 p.m., and 12:07 p.m. on the same day. The DM was also observed entering the kitchen at 12:00 p.m. and starting work without washing their hands. An undated facility policy titled “Preventing Foodborne Illness - Employee Hygiene and Sanitary Practices” required staff to wash their hands when entering the kitchen, and the DM confirmed that staff were expected to wash their hands upon entry. The infection preventionist identified that 48 residents received meals from the kitchen during this period. No additional resident-specific medical histories or conditions were described in the report beyond the number of residents receiving meals from the kitchen.
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