Blumenthal Health and Rehab: Kitchen Sanitation Failures - NC
Inspectors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services documented the scene on the morning of September 8. The worker, identified in the report as Dietary Staff #1, was wearing plastic gloves and scraping food debris off dirty dishware, loading it onto a rack for the dishwashing machine. Then she crossed to the other side of the machine and pulled out a rack of clean glassware. Same gloves. No handwashing. She set the glassware on a preparation table to be used for the lunch tray service.
When inspectors spoke with her, she said she had not received any training on cross-contamination. She did not know she was supposed to remove her gloves and wash her hands between handling soiled and clean dishware.
The dietary manager confirmed she had been working there for three days. He said he hadn't finished her training because he had been busy making sure residents got their meals on time.
That was not the only problem inspectors found that morning.
At 11:40 a.m., a large pink travel mug was sitting on the bottom shelf of a food preparation table. Five minutes later, a dietary worker walked into the kitchen, sipped from a travel mug through a straw, and set it on the bottom shelf of another preparation table. By noon, during the meal tray service, a small three-shelf cart positioned next to the trayline held plate covers on top and, on the lower shelves, a large blue travel mug, a large pink travel mug, a can of kidney beans, and a bushel of plastic flowers.
The kitchen equipment told its own story. Inspectors observed thick black grease coating the stovetop, with dried dark stains across the front and sides. The interior of the double convection ovens was covered in thick, dark grease buildup. The interior of the double-sided plate warmer had dried brown and yellow stains — and clean plates were sitting inside it.
When inspectors returned on September 12 and asked the dietary manager about the ovens, he said Sundays were the scheduled deep cleaning day. He said he had last cleaned the ovens on August 30. That was thirteen days before inspectors walked through the kitchen.
Two days before that conversation, on September 10, inspectors watched the lunch tray service and counted seven divided plates stacked on the meal service line. The plates were wet. They had dried food particles on them.
The dietary manager told inspectors that the facility's registered dietitian conducted kitchen audits every Monday, reviewing sanitation, safety, and the dating and labeling of foods.
CMS cited the facility under F0812, which covers the procurement, storage, preparation, and service of food according to professional standards. The deficiency was rated as having minimal harm or potential for actual harm and was noted as affecting many residents.
The grease in the ovens, the soiled gloves on the clean glasses, the travel mugs beside the trayline — none of it was hidden. It was there on a Monday morning when inspectors arrived, in a kitchen that had reportedly been audited the day before.
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Blumenthal Health and Rehabilitation Center in Greensboro, NC was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 13, 2025.
Inspectors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services documented the scene on the morning of September 8.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.