Auburn Skilled Nursing And Rehab
AUBURN SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB in SALEM, OH — inspection on February 20, 2026.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
serve food in accordance with professional standards.
maintain the unit refrigerator in a sanitary manner that followed acceptable standards of food safety.
Resident #35 were ordered nothing-by-mouth (NPO).
Facility census was 39 residents.Findings include:Observation on 02/20/26 at 10:15 A.M. with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #130 revealed a refrigerator on the unit used for resident food which contained an undated opened bottle of Amish orange juice, an undated and unlabeled tub of tuna salad and an undated and unlabeled tub of egg salad in addition to a black Styrofoam container with the date 02/11/26 and Resident #17's last name on it. LPN #130 verified the unlabeled and undated foods at the time of observation and indicated housekeeping staff was responsible for maintaining this refrigerator.Interview on 02/20/26 at 10:20 A.M. with Housekeeping and Laundry Supervisor (HLS) #103 revealed the observed egg salad and tuna salad was from the previous weekend and confirmed they should have been removed from the refrigerator prior to the observation. HLS #103 stated housekeeping staff were to check this refrigerator daily when recording the temperature and to go through the food inside at that time. HLS #103 showed the surveyor the sheet used for documenting the temperatures and confirmed this sheet did not contain a sign off or cue for staff to go through undated or expired foods in the refrigerator.Review of this provided document, Storage Room Temperature Log, dated February 2026 revealed daily temperatures of the refrigerator and freezer were documented on the log.
The log contained no guidance or staff sign off on checking food items in the refrigerator for labels and dates as well as disposing of expired or unlabeled food.
During an interview on 02/20/26 at 10:28 A.M. the Director of Nursing (DON) was made aware of the above findings and shared Residents #14 and #35 were NPO thus were not able to utilize the unit refrigerator.
Review of the facility policy titled, Food Receiving and Storage, revised October 2017, revealed food services, or other designated staff, will maintain clean food storage areas at all times.
All foods stored in the refrigerator or freezer would be covered, labeled and dated.This deficiency represents noncompliance investigated under Complaint Number 2651150.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE