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Food Service Sanitation and Leftover Handling Deficiencies

Claremore, Oklahoma Survey Completed on 03-04-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

Surveyors identified a deficiency in the facility’s food service and kitchen sanitation practices affecting meals prepared for 87 residents. During a kitchen observation, a dietary aide standing by the stove had a beard and was not wearing a hair restraint or beard guard, despite facility policy requiring hairnets or hair covers at all times and protective coverings for facial hair. The aide acknowledged they should have been wearing these items. Surveyors also observed a deep fryer with dark grease and food particles floating in the oil and piled on the outer edges; the cook reported the fryer was used daily and believed it was last cleaned about three days prior, but could not provide a cleaning schedule for the fryer.

Additional observations showed a pan of sausage in the refrigerator labeled and dated several days earlier, beyond the 24-hour retention period specified in the facility’s leftovers policy. The cook confirmed leftovers were to be discarded after 24 hours and stated the sausage should have been thrown away. Surveyors also noted a thick black substance around the wheels of the oven, brown grease drips down the outside of the stove, and a tater tot under the stove from the previous night’s dinner meal. The cook identified the black and brown substances as grease and stated the floor area around the oven wheels had last been cleaned about a month earlier and that they were not aware of a cleaning schedule for the month in question.