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One child's emergency life saving medication did not have a prescription label on the medication.
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License #P-183809 · Center · Center-Based Care
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This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
One child's emergency life saving medication did not have a prescription label on the medication.
Staff and children wash hands: after toileting or diapering
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1. The bathroom doors are rusty in the upstairs bathrooms. 2. The bottom cabinet in the Young Toddler Classroom is falling apart.
Indoor Space
Medication Storage; Medication Container/Label
1. Staff members in the Young Toddler Classroom and in the Toddler 1 Classroom did not wash their hands or the child's hands after diapering. 2. A teacher gave a child a toy that they had been holding while doing a diaper change. The teacher was still wearing the gloves they had on while changing the diaper.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
1. One staff file did not have an application/resume/references. 2. One staff file did not have a program orientation plan. 3. A staff file did not have documentation of a current physical.
Staff Records - R Apr 2025
Staff meeting documentation
Staff meeting documentation did not consistently document the start and end times of the meetings.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Children's Records
When a teacher took five children to the bathroom in the Pre-School Classroom, they left one teacher alone with eleven children.
Two children's files did not have documentation of a lead screening.
One individual health care plan did not have all required information noted.
A teacher did not wash a child's hands after a diaper change.
Accurate attendance; arrival/departure times
The attendance was not taken outside with the Pre-School 1 Classroom.
Staff monitor environment for hazards-Hazardous items not accessible to children
One child's file did not have a current progress report.
Children's records and checklist - R Apr 2025
Staff Records - R Apr 2025
1. One staff file did not have a staff information form. 2. One staff file did not have a PQ Registry. 3. One staff file did not have documentation of their MMR's.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Evacuation drill log, all groups
Children's records and checklist - R Apr 2025
1. A file did not have documentation of a lead screening. 2. A developmental history form was not signed and dated.
The fire drill log did not document that infants were practicing alternate routes.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
A bleach bottle was accessible to the children in the Preschool 2 Classroom.
There was not a thermometer in the Infant 1 refrigerator.
There was not a sufficient amount of fall zone material.
Staff and children wash hands: before eating or handling food
Food Storage, Sanitation & Safety
Staff monitor environment for hazards-Hazardous items not accessible to children
Refrigerator temp. between 32-40 degrees; working thermometer in refrigerator
Fall zones adequate depth of impact absorbing material
1. The lock was not secured for the cabinet that had the cleaning solutions in the Toddler 2 Classroom. 2. There was an ice coffee accessible to the children in the Pre-K Classroom.
Staff Records - R Apr 2025
Proper sanitizing techniques; Bottles labeled and out of children's reach
Staff and children wash hands: after contact with bodily fluids
1. Two staff member's files did not have a completed program orientation. 2. One staff member's file did not have a current PQ Registry. 3. One staff member's file did not have documentation of a current physical. 4. One staff member's file did not have documentation of their MMR's. 5. Staff observations were not consistently documented every two months.
1. A child in the Pre-K 1 Classroom wiped their nose and did not wash their hands after. 2. Two children in the Pre-School 2 Classroom wiped their noses and did not wash their hands after.
The licensor noted in the Toddler 2 Classroom: Children would get up from the table while eating snack, play with toys then go back and eat snack and they did not re-wash their hands.
1. Snacks that were taking out of their original packaging in the Toddler 2 Classroom and in the Preschool 2 Classroom did not have an expiration date on it. 2. A child in the Toddler 2 Classroom dropped their snack on the ground and picked it back up and ate it. 3. A child put too much food in their mouth and the teacher observed this but did not say anything. The other teacher noted this and addressed it with the child when it appeared that he couldn't chew it to dissolve.
1. Iced coffees were accessible to the children in the Pre-School 2 Classroom. 2. A staff member's purse was located in the children's area in the Infant 2 Classroom which could be a potential hazard. 3. The first aid bags in the Toddler 2 Classroom and in the Preschool 2 Classroom were accessible to the children as they were not hung up high. 4. The closet door was open in the Pre-K 1 Classroom that had staff member's purses hanging on the door which was accessible to the children.