Wesley Woods at New Albany: Food Safety Failures - OH
No color change. No sanitizer registering. Nothing.
That was the sanitation system Wesley Woods at New Albany was using to clean surfaces in its kitchen — a bucket of water that had long since lost whatever disinfecting power it once had. The dining manager, identified in the inspection report only as DM #20, confirmed it on the spot: the sanitizer was gone, and the bucket had been prepared almost four hours earlier.
Inspectors came back less than two hours later, at 11:41 a.m. The bucket was still there. DM #20 tested it again. The strip still didn't change color — except at the very tip, where the strip had been torn. The full strip, which is how the test is supposed to work, showed nothing. DM #20 confirmed the strips themselves were not the problem. They were new. They were not expired. The sanitizer bucket simply had no sanitizer in it.
This was not a one-time oversight caught and corrected before any harm could occur. Inspectors documented the same failed bucket at 9:44 in the morning and again at 11:41, with the same result both times, and with a staff member present both times who confirmed what the test strip was showing.
The inspection was a complaint investigation, filed under Complaint Number 2685017, meaning someone had already raised concerns about conditions at the facility before federal inspectors arrived. What they found extended beyond the sanitizer bucket.
Inspectors also found food that had not been dated or labeled — a separate violation of the facility's own written policy. The facility's General Food Preparation, Service and Handling policy, which was undated, required that leftovers be dated, labeled, covered, cooled, stored in a refrigerator, and used or discarded within seven days. The food inspectors found had none of that documentation. There was no way to know when it had been prepared, how long it had been stored, or whether it had already passed the point when it should have been thrown out.
The tag assigned to these violations, F0812, covers food safety and sanitation. Federal inspectors rated the level of harm as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and noted that the violations affected many residents — the population of the facility, not a single wing or a single meal.
What the inspection record shows is a kitchen operating without functioning sanitation and without the basic labeling system that tells staff whether food is safe to serve. Sanitizer exists to kill pathogens on food-contact surfaces — cutting boards, counters, equipment. When the sanitizer concentration falls to zero, those surfaces are being wiped down with water. The labeling requirement exists because without dates, staff have no way to enforce the seven-day rule the facility's own policy requires.
DM #20 was present for both tests, confirmed both failures, and offered no indication that either problem was new or surprising. The bucket, by the dining manager's own account, had been prepared that way nearly four hours before the first test.
The inspection was conducted on December 23, 2025.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
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WESLEY WOODS AT NEW ALBANY in NEW ALBANY, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on December 23, 2025.
Inspectors came back less than two hours later, at 11:41 a.m.
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