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Citation history
Health deficiencies cited at Aston Park Health Care Center during CMS and state inspections, most recent first.
Surveyors found that one walk-in cooler had multiple dark, sticky spills on the floor, including several 4–5 inch spots under a cart holding tea decanters and a larger pooled area of thick liquid with streaks extending out of the cooler into the kitchen. The Food Services Manager believed the spills were from tea and juice and acknowledged there was no sign-off sheet for daily cleaning, though he expected staff to clean spills when seen. The Assistant Food Services Manager reported she had checked the coolers and floors earlier and had not noticed any spills, and no staff had reported them. The Administrator stated the sticky material likely resulted from breakfast preparations and described the incident as an anomaly.
Staff failed to follow infection control and hand hygiene policies while assisting residents with meals. One aide cut a hamburger and then used bare hands, without any barrier, to place food into a resident’s hands and to reposition the resident’s hands around the food, despite having been trained not to touch food with bare hands. On another occasion, an aide used a bare hand to place pieces of meat into a resident’s hands, touched the resident’s hands, and then, without performing hand hygiene, used the same hand to spoon-feed another resident and handle a cup for the first resident. Both aides had completed Feeding Assistant training that covered hand hygiene and infection prevention practices, including methods to avoid cross-contamination when feeding more than one resident.
The facility failed to maintain cleanliness and proper storage in the kitchen and dining areas. Observations revealed a whitish, fuzzy substance in the walk-in refrigerator and expired items in storage areas. The Dietary Manager admitted to oversights in cleaning and storage checks. The Administrator noted a transition to individual-sized beverage containers, which should have led to the removal of larger, expired containers.
The facility failed to complete daily nurse staffing sheets for 9 out of 110 days, missing information such as the total number of NAs, their hours worked, and census data. This occurred due to a gap in oversight between the departure of the prior DON and the start of the new DON, during which the review of staffing sheets was missed.
Unclean Walk-In Cooler Floor and Inadequate Spill Management in Dietary Area
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Summary
The facility failed to maintain a clean floor in one of two walk-in coolers, specifically walk-in cooler #2, as required by professional standards for food storage and sanitation. During an observation with the Food Services Manager, surveyors noted three dark, sticky spots on the floor in the back right corner under a cart storing tea decanters. Each spot measured approximately 4 to 5 inches, with sticky centers and dried, non-sticky brown rings around the edges. In the left front corner of the same cooler, surveyors observed an 8 x 12-inch area of dark, thick, sticky liquid pooled to about 1/4 inch depth, partially dried at the edges. Streaks of this substance extended about 5 feet from the pooled area through the cooler doorway, with additional scattered sticky spots on the kitchen floor just outside the cooler. The Food Services Manager stated that the spots in the back of the cooler were likely from tea dripping from decanter spouts and that the pooled and streaked substance in the front of the cooler was likely juice tracked by cart wheels and may have been present for about an hour. Review of the Dietary Aide Weekly Cleaning Schedule showed that coolers were scheduled to be swept and mopped once weekly in the evening. The Food Services Manager reported that between breakfast and lunch, floors were to be spot swept and mopped in all areas, and that all floors were swept and mopped with cleaner/degreaser at night, but there was no sign-off sheet to verify this, and he stated he expected staff to clean spills in the walk-in cooler when observed. The Assistant Food Services Manager reported that she typically arrived early to verify kitchen cleanliness, had pulled carts from the coolers and checked floors on the morning in question, and did not notice any spills, nor had staff reported any. She believed the dark sticky material might have been grape or prune juice or a dessert spill. The Administrator stated the sticky material was present in the morning and may have resulted from breakfast preparations and characterized the situation as an anomaly, while also stating that kitchen staff generally did a great job with cleanliness and sanitation.
Failure to Follow Hand Hygiene and No-Bare-Hand Food Handling During Resident Feeding
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Summary
The deficiency involves failure to follow the facility’s infection prevention and control policies for hand hygiene and food handling during resident feeding. The facility’s written policies on Standard Precautions and Teammate Hygiene and Handwashing require handwashing with soap and water when visibly soiled, after contact with body fluids, before eating, after using the restroom, after glove use, and between resident contacts. The policies also state that teammates should never use bare-hand contact with any foods and that handwashing is required to prevent cross-contamination when changing tasks or activities that contaminate the hands. On one observed occasion, a facility aide assisted a resident with a hamburger meal by cutting the hamburger and then using bare hands, without any barrier, to pick up pieces of the bun and burger and place them into the resident’s hands. When the resident had difficulty grasping the food, the aide used both bare hands to grasp and reposition both of the resident’s hands around the food and continued to feed the resident using uncovered hands to pick up pieces of hamburger. In an interview immediately afterward, this aide stated she had been taught not to touch residents’ food with bare hands and acknowledged she should have used gloves when she had to hold the resident’s food. On another observed occasion, a second facility aide placed pieces of a cut meat patty into the same resident’s hands using her bare left hand, twice touching the resident’s hands with both bare hands. She then used that same left hand, without performing hand hygiene, to pick up a spoon and feed another resident, and then to pick up a cup and give the first resident a drink. In a subsequent interview, this aide reported she had sanitized her hands before starting the meal and knew she was not supposed to touch food without gloves or a barrier such as a napkin. She also stated she had been trained to prevent cross-contamination when feeding two residents by using different hands for each resident or only touching the ends of utensils and to sanitize hands between residents, but acknowledged that what she did was not consistent with her training. Training records confirmed both aides had completed Feeding Assistant training that included hand hygiene and infection prevention practices while assisting with feeding, with return demonstration of correct feeding techniques.
Deficiencies in Kitchen and Dining Area Cleanliness and Storage Practices
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Summary
The facility failed to maintain cleanliness and proper storage practices in the kitchen and dining areas, as observed during a survey. In the walk-in refrigerator, a whitish, fuzzy substance was found on the floor beneath a food storage rack, and grey fluffy matter was observed near the circulatory fan on the ceiling. The Dietary Manager (DM) admitted to mopping the refrigerator twice daily but had not noticed these substances. Additionally, in the dry food storage area, two opened jars of jelly were found without an opened date and not refrigerated as required by the manufacturer's label. An expired thickened beverage container was also found on the shelf. The DM acknowledged these oversights and mentioned that the storage area was checked weekly on food delivery days. In the [NAME] dining room, an opened thickened beverage container with an expired date was found in the refrigerator. The DM stated that the refrigerator was stocked daily by dietary staff, but the expired container had been overlooked. The facility's Administrator noted that the facility had transitioned to using individual-sized thickened beverage containers the previous summer and fall, and the larger containers should have been removed at that time. The Administrator also confirmed that the walk-in refrigerator should have been thoroughly cleaned, as it was mopped twice daily by the DM.
Incomplete Nurse Staffing Sheets
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure that daily nurse staffing sheets were filled out completely for 9 out of 110 days reviewed during the period from October 31, 2024, to February 17, 2025. Specific deficiencies included missing information such as the total number of Nursing Assistants (NAs) and their hours worked for certain shifts, as well as missing census data on specific days. The gaps in documentation were noted on various dates, including October 31, November 4, November 5, December 25, January 3, January 5, January 15, January 23, and February 1. Interviews with the facility's Administrator and the Director of Nursing (DON) revealed that the daily staffing sheets were supposed to be completed by the Nurse Supervisor at the beginning of each shift. The Administrator acknowledged that the prior DON, who left in November 2024, was responsible for reviewing these sheets to ensure their completion. However, there was a gap in oversight between the departure of the prior DON and the start of the new DON at the end of January 2025, during which the review of staffing sheets was missed. The DON confirmed the expectation that the sheets should include the total number of staff for each discipline, total hours worked, and the census for each shift.
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