Bostick Nursing Center: Kitchen Sanitation Violations - GA
That's what inspectors found when they walked through the kitchen at Bostick Nursing Center on the morning of September 22, 2025. The wet dishware was the most immediate problem. It wasn't the only one.
A wall-mounted fan directed toward the clean section of the kitchen, the area where sanitized dishes are handled and stored, had a buildup of gray and black debris on its blades. A ceiling vent positioned directly over the exit side of the dishwasher was coated in gray material. Both sat above the surfaces and equipment used to prepare and distribute food to every resident in the building.
The dietary aide responsible for drying and storing the dishware, identified in inspection records as DA FF, told inspectors she knew the plates were wet. She confirmed that her job included drying and storing dishware and utensils after they came out of the high-temperature dishwasher. She said she knew she was supposed to leave them on racks to air dry before stacking them. When inspectors asked why she hadn't done that, she said she was uncertain.
That answer, brief and without explanation, sat at the center of the violation. The facility's own warewashing policy, last revised in December 2024, spelled out that all dishware must be air dried and properly stored. The policy existed. The employee knew the procedure. The plates went into storage wet anyway.
The fan and the vent presented a different problem, one of maintenance rather than daily practice. The facility's maintenance director told inspectors he was responsible for cleaning both. His plan, he explained, was to clean vents throughout the building on a six-month rotation. He acknowledged he kept no logs and no documentation of when any vent had last been cleaned. The fan, he said, got cleaned "as necessary."
There was no record to show when necessary had last arrived.
The facility's own equipment policy, in place since September 2017, states that all foodservice equipment will be clean, sanitary, and in proper working order. A fan blowing air across the clean dish area while coated in gray and black debris does not meet that standard. Neither does a vent caked with residue hanging over the point where clean dishes exit the dishwasher.
Inspectors classified the violation under the federal food sanitation standard, which requires nursing homes to procure, store, prepare, and serve food under sanitary conditions consistent with professional standards. The level of harm was listed as minimal harm or potential for actual harm. The potential, in this case, was foodborne illness reaching every resident who ate from that kitchen.
That number was 213.
Bostick Nursing Center sits on Bostick Circle in Milledgeville, a mid-size city in central Georgia. The inspection was conducted as a complaint survey, meaning someone raised a concern that prompted regulators to send investigators rather than waiting for a scheduled review. The survey was completed November 18, 2025.
What inspectors documented wasn't a hidden or complicated failure. Wet plates are visible to anyone who looks at them. A fan coated in gray and black debris is visible to anyone who looks at it. The maintenance director had a plan for the vents. He just hadn't written anything down, and the debris on the fan suggested that "as necessary" had stretched longer than it should have.
The dietary aide knew the right procedure. She couldn't explain why she hadn't followed it.
Between the two of them, 213 residents were eating off dishes that hadn't been properly dried, in a kitchen where the air circulating over clean dishware came through a debris-laden fan.
Full Inspection Report
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BOSTICK NURSING CENTER in MILLEDGEVILLE, GA was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 18, 2025.
That's what inspectors found when they walked through the kitchen at Bostick Nursing Center on the morning of September 22, 2025.
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.