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The Gingerbread Cottage Preschool, Inc. - Staples Mill

Inspection · 2023-11-17

Date
2023-11-17
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Jennifer Moore
(540) 430-0384
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies.
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minors records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education

Inspector Notes

An unannounced renewal inspection was conducted on 11/17/2023. The inspector was on site from approximately 9:15 am-11:18 am. There were 29 children present, ranging in ages from 2 to 5 years, with 6 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 5 child records and 5 staff records were reviewed. Officer records were also reviewed at this time.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction and date to be corrected for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word corrected is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Based on a review of five staff records and interview, the center did not ensure to obtain documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening for one staff that had been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment.

Evidence:
1. The record of staff #1 (date of employment: 8/21/2023) contained a TB screening dated 6/26/2023.
2. Administration acknowledged that the TB screening did not fall within the required time frame.
Plan of Correction: The administrative director
will ensure all TB test
screenings are completed
within 30 calendar days
of the date of employment.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-B
Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure that disposable diapers were disposed in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member's hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal.

Evidence:
1. A step trashcan was not observed by the center's diaper changing station.
2. Administration acknowledged that a step trash can or other accepted alternative receptacle was not being used.
Plan of Correction: A step trashcan has been
purchased and immediately
placed in the changing
station area by the director.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A-8
Based on a review of five child records and interview, the center did not ensure to obtain a written care plan for one child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction.

Evidence:
1. The record of child #2 (date of attendance: 9/5/2023) did not contain the required allergy care plan documentation. The record indicated that child #2 had a diagnosed food allergy.
2. Administration acknowledged that they had the child's medication authorization but not an allergy care plan.
Plan of Correction: Allergy care plan form has
been given to parents of
child #2 to be completed
and returned asap. The
director will ensure all future
allergy records contain both
an authorization form and
a care plan form.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services