Failure to Maintain Effective Pest Control in Main Kitchen Dish Room
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors determined that the facility failed to maintain an effective pest control program in the main kitchen dish room, as evidenced by the presence of numerous fruit flies despite ongoing pest-control treatments. During an observation on 3/26/26 at approximately 9:35 a.m., three gold fly sticky traps in the dish room were found to be full of fruit flies, and additional fruit flies were observed in the area while staff were actively washing dishes. Review of pest-control logs from 9/17/25 through 2/11/26 showed multiple crack and crevice spray treatments to the kitchen, dish room, dining room, maintenance hall, and other areas on specified dates, but these measures did not prevent the continued presence of fruit flies in the dish room. In an interview at 10:00 a.m. on the same day, the Dietary Manager confirmed that the facility had failed to maintain an effective pest control program in the main kitchen. No residents or specific patient conditions were mentioned in the report. The deficiency was cited under 28 Pa. Code 201.14(a) Responsibility of licensee and 28 Pa. Code 207.2(a) Administrator's responsibility.
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