Wildflower Court: Raw Chicken Contamination Violation - AK
On June 10, 2026, at 10:40 in the morning, inspectors watched a kitchen employee, identified in the report as cook number seven, preparing raw chicken on a stainless steel table using kitchen shears. The cook was wearing gloves. Midway through the preparation, the cook walked to a speaker, touched it to turn off the music, then walked back and resumed handling the raw chicken. The gloves never came off. No hand hygiene. Same gloves, same chicken.
The facility's own Director of Clinical Nursing Services acknowledged it plainly two days later. The cook should not have touched the speaker with contaminated gloves, the DCNS said. The expectation was to remove the gloves, wash hands, and put on a clean pair before returning to the food.
That expectation was also written down. The facility's food handling policy lists eleven specific moments when hands must be washed, including immediately before preparing food, when switching between raw and ready-to-eat foods, after touching door handles, and after any unsanitary task. The cook's actions that morning violated several of them at once.
The Infection Preventionist, interviewed the day before, described an infection prevention program that covered all departments and included hand hygiene training during new employee orientation. Staff were educated, the IP said, to wash with soap and water when hands were visibly soiled.
Inspectors also cited the facility for unlabeled refrigerated food. Ready-to-eat items held for more than 24 hours must be marked with the date by which they should be consumed. Items without that date must be thrown out. The inspection report noted the labeling deficiency affected many residents.
Both violations were rated at the lowest level of harm. Whether any resident became ill as a result, the report does not say.
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WILDFLOWER COURT in JUNEAU, AK was cited for violations during a health inspection on June 12, 2026.
Midway through the preparation, the cook walked to a speaker, touched it to turn off the music, then walked back and resumed handling the raw chicken.
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