Health inspection·September 5, 2024

F 0812 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Residents Affected - Few Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. Based on observation, interviews and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety for 1 of 1 kitchen reviewed for dietary services. 1. The facility failed to ensure that the food items in the refrigerator were not expired. 2. The facility failed to ensure that the equipment used to prepare food was in good condition. These failures could place all residents who received their meals from the kitchen at risk for foodborne illnesses. The findings include: During an observation of the kitchen on 09/03/24 at 3:16 p.m. revealed 11 six-packs of 8 oz tomato juice cans that were expired in February of 2023. The DM said they did not use tomato juice that often and she thought they might have ordered the tomato juice for making drinks during a New Years Eve party and they forgot it was there. During an observation of the refrigerator on 09/03/24 at 3:17 p.m. revealed 40 one- gallon containers of various salad dressings with the expiration date of February 2024. During an interview on 09/03/24 at 3:20 PM the DM said the dressings should have been used before the new merchandise was used. The DM said it was the responsibility of the storeroom clerk to rotate the stock so that the older foods were used before the new foods. The DM said the storeroom clerk should know to rotate the food to reflect first in and first out, however the storeroom clerk quit. The DM said she did not know why the storeroom clerk did not dispose of the expired containers of salad dressing. The DM said they had a new storeroom clerk, but he was still in training. The DM said if they used food that was past its expiration date it could get a lot of people sick. The DM said the person in charge of the salad bar used salad dressing and she would be the one to know if the salad dressing was used on the salad bar. During an interview on 09/03/24 at 3:24 p.m., the DA A said she did not use the large containers of salad dressing; she used the small bottles for the salad bar. The Dietary Aide said she had not (continued on next page) Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation. LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE TITLE (X6) DATE FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Facility ID: If continuation sheet Page 1 of 2 Event ID: 675268 Printed: 05/15/2026 Form Approved OMB No. 0938-0391 Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES AND PLAN OF CORRECTION (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION 675268 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 09/05/2024 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Laredo Medical Center 1700 E Saunders St Laredo, TX 78044 For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency. (X4) ID PREFIX TAG SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)