Salem Village Academy

8VAC20-780-40-E · The center is required to ensure the center's own policies and procedures that are required

by these standards are in compliance. The center's procedures for administering medications state "the expiration date on the medication must be current." During the inspection, a prescription medication belonging to Child #12 was on-site. The medication expired three weeks ago.

View state record

8VAC20-780-510-F · The medication authorization shall be available to staff during the entire time it is effective.

A prescription medication was observed on-site for Child #9. The center had written authorization from the child's physician to administer the medication, but no written authorization from the parent was available.

View state record

8VAC20-780-160-A · Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. The TB in the record of Staff #3 was completed 56 days prior to the date of employment.

View state record

8VAC20-780-550-P · The center is to maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence.

Child #1 sustained a minor injury at the center on or about 07/16/24, but a written record of the child's injury was not documented.

View state record

8VAC20-780-500-B · Based on review of documentation and interviews it was determined that children's diapers were not always changed immediately when soiled. Evidence: On 01/26/2024 child A (Age 7 months) was last diapered at 11:30 am. When child A was picked up and taken home at 2:55 pm their diaper was soaked with urine through their clothes.

View state record

8VAC20-780-340-A · Based on interviews and review of documentation it was determined that staff did not always ensure the care, protection, and guidance of children while in their care. Evidence: On 09/29/2023 a basket of a variety of snacks was served to the school age room and placed on the snack table for after school snack. Some of the snacks contained peanut butter cookies. Child A (age 6 years) with a written allergy care plan and a diagnosed food allergy to peanuts, selected and ate a peanut butter cookie. Child A approached staff A and informed them that their tongue was "itchy." Staff A instructed the child to inform staff B. Child A then informed staff B that their tongue was "itchy" and the child was instructed to get a drink of water. The child then reportedly retrieved their snack brought from home to eat and played outside for the remainder of the afternoon. After child A was picked up by their parent's the child began vomiting and reported to their parent that they had eaten a peanut butter cookie. The parent called to inform administration of the incident. It was reported that Staff A knew that child A had eaten the peanut butter cookie but was unaware of the child's peanut allergy. Staff B was aware of the child's allergy but was unaware that the child had eaten the peanut butter cookie. The list of children with diagnosed food allergies was reportedly located in the school age classroom at the time of the incident.

View state record

8VAC20-780-370-5 · Based on review of a video recording and interview, the center did not ensure that an infant was protected from an older child. Evidence: On 7/5/23 at approximately 7:45am, Child B, a 22-month-old, accidentally sat on Child A, an eight-month-old, who was sitting on the floor in the infant classroom. The older child appeared to become upset and hit the younger child on the left side of the face approximately 10 times in quick succession with a hard plastic, star-shaped toy, leaving bruises and scrapes on Child A?s face.

View state record