Inspection · 2024-10-02
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Areas Reviewed
8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-7808 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies.
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection.
Inspector Notes
An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated and completed on October 2, 2024, as a part of the provisional licensure period. The Department issued a Special Order to prohibit new admissions and require licensee to contact parents, guardians or other responsible persons regarding health and safety violations on April 4, 2024 as a result of high-risk violations. The on-site inspection began at 10:46am and ended at 4:20pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 107 children present and 25 staff. The inspector reviewed 10 children's records and 10 staff records on-site. The inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.
Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on October 18, 2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
Violations
9Systemic Violation
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. Staff #2's TB was dated over a month prior to employment.
Systemic Violation
The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. 1. Ceiling vents in multiple classrooms contained built up dirt/dust with smudged black dirt on surrounding ceiling tiles. 2. There was rust in a bathroom sink used by children. 3. There was visible dirt on the children's play mat in the toddler room. 4. There was visible dirt/debris along the baseboards and furniture in several classrooms. 5. There was a broken piece of the kickplate at the baseboard in Pre-k 1. 6. There were broken floor tiles downstairs. 7. There was a large number of ants inside the building at the door that leads to the playground.
Systemic Violation
Hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
Two tubs of flooring adhesive with warning labels, "keep out of reach of children," were unlocked in the hallway of the main level of the center. Ammonia towelettes with warning labels, "keep out of reach of children," were in unlocked first aid kits accessible to children in classrooms.
Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water after any contact with body fluids. Staff in the infant room wiped a child's runny nose and drool with their bare hand and did not wash their hands after.
There were no postings of emergency numbers and poison control numbers at any of the telephones.