Signature Healthcare of Cleveland

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Signature Healthcare of Cleveland, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Feb 19, 2026

  Based on facility policy, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to label, and date opened food items and maintain kitchen equipment in a sanitary condition in 1 of 1 kitchen and failed to discard expired cold food items in 1 of 1 nourishment rooms which had the potential to affect 93 of 95 residents residing in the facility. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Equipment, revised 9/2017, revealed All foodservice equipment will be clean, sanitary, and in proper working order .all equipment will be routinely cleaned and maintained .all non food contact equipment will be clean and free of debris . […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF813Feb 19, 2026

  Based on facility policy review, medical record review, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure resident personal refrigerators were maintained in a clean and sanitary manner, failed to ensure temperature logs were maintained and temperatures were within facility policy recommendations, and failed to ensure expired foods were not available for resident use for 6 residents (Residents #114, #71, #11, #31, #18, and #9) of 11 resident personal refrigerators observed.The findings include:Review of the facility's policy titled, Food Brought in by Family/Visitors, dated 9/2023, revealed .to ensure proper handling, serving, and storage of food items brought into our facilities by families .the staff will both ensure and utilize proper safe food handling practices .if a resident… […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF800Sep 27, 2023

  Based on facility policy review, observation and interview, the facility failed to provide milk products for 2 meals, affecting 85 of 87 residents in the facility. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Receiving, revised ,d+[DATE] showed .Safe food handling procedures for time and temperature control will be practiced in the transportation, delivery, and subsequent storage of all food items .If quality is unacceptable, the item(s) will be immediately returned for credit . During an observation with Dietary Cook #1 on [DATE] at 10:18 AM, in the walk-in cooler, showed 40 expired individual serving chocolate milks dated [DATE] and 60 expired individual serving chocolate milks dated [DATE]. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Sep 27, 2023

  Based on product label review, facility policy review, facility vendor instruction review, observation, and interview the facility failed to maintain a safe and sanitary food procurement and storage of thickened liquids affecting 2 Residents (#3 and #71) of 2 resident reviewed for thickened liquids, during meal observation, and failed to maintain a clean and sanitary kitchen which had the potential to affect 85 of 87 residents. The findings include: Review of a product label .[name of distributor] . Thickened Orange Juice from concentrate undated, showed, .directions after opening may be kept up to 7 days under refrigeration . […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF908Sep 27, 2023

  Based on facility policy review, observation and interview the facility failed to ensure kitchen equipment was maintained in good repair in 1 of 1 kitchen which had the potential to affect 85 of 87 residents. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Food Storage, revised 9/2017 showed .All time/temperature control for safety (TCS) foods, frozen and refrigerated, will be appropriately stored in accordance with guidelines of FDA Food Code .freezer temperatures will be maintained at a temperature of 0 .or below . Review of a Freezer Temperature Log for September 2023 showed the freezer temperatures ranging from 16 to 18 degrees above the freezer-maintained guidelines. […]