Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to maintain or implement a policy regarding the acceptance, usage, and storage of foods brought into the facility for residents by food delivery services, family, and/or other visitors, to ensure the food's safe and sanitary handling, storage, and consumption. This deficient practice had the potential to affect all residents who ate food brought in by visitors. The facility census was 86. Review of the facility form titled, Resident Responsibilities and Rules, Appendix 4, undated, showed: - Food may be brought into our facility; - It must be kept in airtight containers; - Because of diet restrictions, nursing staff should be made aware of any food brought into the facility; - Should food need to be monitored, it will… …
F813 citations in Missouri
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Missouri cites F813 less often than its own record predicts
0.30 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Missouri in 2025, this is the portion that was F813.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Missouri surveyors wrote
F813 findings written in Missouri, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the facility staff were aware the residents had a designated refrigerator to store their perishable items and which refrigerator it was. The facility census was 114 residents. Record review of the facility undated but copyrighted 2022 policy titled Use and Storage of Food Brought in by Family or Visitors showed the facility may refrigerate labeled and dated prepared items brought in by family or visitors in the nourishment refrigerator. 1. During an interview on 11/2/22 at 9:25 A.M., the Activities Assistant said that he/she thought the refrigerator residents would use to store their own foods would be the refrigerator on the outside of the steamtable. Observation on 11/2/22 at 9:30 A.M. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Missouri citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.17% | 1.11× |
| 2024 | 0.10% | 0.68× |
| 2025 | 0.05% | 0.30× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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