Silverstone Place

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Silverstone Place, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jun 5, 2025

  Based on observation, interview and record review, facility staff failed to preform hand hygiene as often as necessary using approved techniques to prevent cross-contamination. Facility staff also failed to wash, rinse and sanitize mechanically washed dishes in a manner to prevent cross-contamination and allow cleansed dishes to air dry before they were stacked in storage or used to prevent the growth of foodborne pathogens. These failures have the potential to affect all residents. The facility census was 77. 1. Review of the facility's policy titled Hand Washing, dated 03/21/18, showed the policy directed staff to wash their hands whenever visibly soiled and before, during and after food preparations. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF802May 16, 2024

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, facility staff failed to ensure dietary staff had the appropriate competencies and skills to safely and effectively carry out the functions of food and nutrition services. Facility staff failed to provide effective training to dietary staff related to kitchen ware washing/sanitation. The facility census was 87. 1. Review of the facility's Food Service policy, undated, showed dishwashing machines use either heat or chemical sanitization methods. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812May 16, 2024

  Based on observation, interview and record review, facility staff failed to thaw frozen food in a manner to prevent potential contamination. Facility staff failed to store frozen food in a manner to prevent potential contamination. Facility staff failed to allow cleansed dishes to air-dry prior to stacking in storage to prevent the growth of food-borne pathogens. These failures have the potential to affect all residents. The facility census was 87. 1. Review of the facility's Food Service policy, undated, showed thawing some foods at room temperature may not be acceptable because it may be within the danger zone for rapid bacterial proliferation. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Mar 9, 2023

  Based on observation, interviews, and record reviews, the facility staff failed to protect, label, and date stored food to prevent cross contamination and outdated use; to ensure the ice machine drained through an air gap; and to perform hand hygiene as often as necessary. Facility staff also failed to test the sanitizing solution according to facility policy and to protect stored dishes, silverware, and plastic ware to prevent contamination. This failure had the potential to affect all facility occupants. The census was 82. 1. Review of the facility's Purchasing and Storage: Facility and Resident Food and Supplies policy, undated, showed the policy did not address the storage of food in the kitchen. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF880Mar 9, 2023

  43327 Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility staff failed to maintain a clean blood glucose meter (device used to obtain a blood sugar reading) between two residents (Resident #49 and #195) and failed to use hand hygiene, change gloves, and wiped multiple times with the same area of a wipe/gauze during perineal care and wound care in a manner to reduce the risk of infection for one resident (Resident #23). Additionally, staff failed to ensure all employees were screened for Tuberculosis (TB), a potentially serious infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the lungs), when staff failed to ensure a two-step purified protein derivative (PPD) (skin test for TB) was completed and documented as per the facility policy for ten out of ten sampled employees (Dietary… […]