Novelty Healthcare III

The facility failed to ensure that food items stored in the freezer, deep freezer, and storage cabinet were properly sealed, labeled, and dated. Specific items including pork chops, bacon, vegetables, and various dry goods were found unsealed and lacking identification or expiration dates.

The facility failed to ensure that therapeutic diets were reviewed or planned by a licensed dietitian/nutritionist. The facility was using a therapeutic diet menu that had not been updated since January 2018 due to the loss of their dietitian.

The document indicates a deficiency regarding the requirement that water shall be served to each resident at each meal, though the specific evidence/findings for this tag were truncated in the provided text.

The facility failed to ensure that food items stored in the freezer, deep freezer, and storage cabinet were properly sealed, labeled, and dated. Specific observations included unsealed pork chops, bacon, and vegetables, as well as unlabeled or undated dry goods like flour, grits, and pancake mix.

The facility failed to ensure that three sampled residents were properly tested for tuberculosis disease upon admission. Specifically, two residents lacked the required second-step TB skin test, and one resident had a chest x-ray without any documented TB skin test results.

The facility failed to ensure therapeutic diets were served as ordered for a resident with a prescribed no concentrated sweets (NCS) diet. Specifically, the resident was served sweetened tea during lunch, and the supervisor admitted to habitually preparing sweetened tea for the resident. Additionally, artificial sweeteners were left accessible on a kitchen counter, which could lead to non-compliance with the physician's dietary orders.

The facility failed to ensure therapeutic diets were served as ordered for a resident with a physician-ordered no concentrated sweet (NCS) diet. Specifically, the resident was served sweetened tea during lunch, and the supervisor admitted to regularly preparing sweetened tea for the resident despite being aware of his diabetic diagnosis.