Ybor City Rehab: Roach and Pest Violations Found - FL
She said that. Then inspectors kept asking questions.
What they found was a facility where a maintenance employee had been spraying a red can of roach and ant pesticide directly inside resident rooms, where a grievance about flies had been filed a few days earlier and not yet resolved, and where the two managers responsible for pest control couldn't agree on how often the exterminator even came.
The director of maintenance told inspectors the pest control company visits every two weeks. The nursing home administrator told inspectors it was once a month. Neither offered documentation to settle the question.
The maintenance director, identified in the report as the DOM, said he was aware staff had been using the red pesticide can and that they were not supposed to. He described it as an old habit he was trying to correct. He said the exterminators don't spray inside the building at all, that pesticides are kept to the exterior, and that he personally uses wasp spray outside. He said the proper procedure was for staff to log any pest sightings in books kept at each nursing station, and that the exterminators review those logs when they come and treat the areas listed.
The administrator confirmed the same logging process. She also confirmed the unresolved fly grievance. She said staff should be removing food trays from resident rooms as soon as residents finish eating.
The facility's own pest control policy, reviewed by inspectors, required that a licensed exterminator provide both interior and exterior services at least monthly. It required that live insects in resident rooms be reported to the maintenance or housekeeping supervisor and the administrator as soon as possible. It required that residents be removed from any area where live insects are found until the problem is addressed. It specified that only pest control measures approved by the licensed exterminator be used.
A maintenance employee had been using a store-bought red can of roach spray in resident rooms. That's not what the policy described.
The violation was cited under F0925, which covers the physical environment, and was classified as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting a few residents. It is among the lower tiers of federal nursing home deficiencies in terms of severity. It is not a finding that typically triggers fines or federal enforcement action on its own.
But the details inside the finding describe something more than a paperwork gap. A staff member was spraying pesticide chemicals in the rooms where residents live and sleep. The residents affected are, by definition, people who cannot simply get up and leave. Many nursing home residents have respiratory conditions, compromised immune systems, or sensitivities that make uncontrolled chemical exposure a real concern, not a theoretical one. The facility's own policy required residents to be removed from areas with live insects. There is no indication in the inspection report that anyone was removed from rooms where a maintenance employee was spraying pesticide from an unsanctioned can.
The administrator told inspectors she saw a roach in her office and wrote it in the logbook. She did not say she called the exterminator. She did not say she escalated the fly grievance. She said staff should take trays away faster.
The pest sighting logbooks sit at nursing stations. The exterminators, whenever they come, review them and spray where the logs point. If staff don't log what they see, or if they reach for a red can from a hardware store instead, the system doesn't work. The DOM said he was working on changing the old habits. The roach in the administrator's office suggests the process was still ongoing.
The inspection was a complaint survey, meaning someone contacted regulators before investigators walked through the door. The report does not identify who filed the complaint or what specifically they reported. The unresolved fly grievance, filed by or on behalf of a resident a few days before the October 21 inspection, was still sitting open when surveyors arrived.
Whoever filed it was still waiting for an answer.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Ybor City Center For Rehabilitation and Healing from 2025-10-21 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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YBOR CITY CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND HEALING in TAMPA, FL was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 21, 2025.
Then inspectors kept asking questions.
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.