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Without them, the system breaks down.

That answer was wrong, and a certified nursing assistant said so out loud to federal inspectors.

The complaint inspection, which covered 223 S.

That nursing assistant had worked in the field for 20 years.

The Culinary Manager, who was present when inspectors walked back through the findings that afternoon, confirmed the items should have been thrown out.

The violation was cited under infection control standards.

The inspection was complaint-driven, meaning someone had raised a concern serious enough to send surveyors through the door.

On September 29, 2025, roughly 38 of the facility's 76 residents went without coffee at breakfast.

The resident, identified in inspection records only as R4, was found that afternoon wearing green heel boots on both feet.

The nurse had worked at the facility since April 1994.

Emergency Medical Services picked up Resident R223 at approximately 10:13 p.m.

The violation was tagged under F0689, the federal standard governing protection from accident hazards and supervision.