PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11020 - CCLR s.13(2) - A licensee must ensure that the community care facility and the furniture, equipment and fixtures within it are clean and in good repair while children are in attendance.
Observation: Licensing observed a diaper change pad that is ripped on both sides exposing the foam underneath. Licensing provided education that with the diaper pad being ripped, it is hard to clean and sanitize the mat and potential for bacteria growth.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that the furniture, equipment and fixtures within the community care facility are clean and in good repair.
Date to be Corrected: September 24, 2020.
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11200 - CCLR s.17 - A licensee must ensure that children do not have access to any object or substance that may be hazardous to the health or safety of a child.
Observation: Licensing observed the following that are accessible to children in care;
- Borax, Lysol Wipes and several other cleaning substances in an unlocked cupboard in the bathroom.
- Hot hair tools (eg. hair straightener) and creams with medicinal ingredients on the bathroom counter.
- Stand up steamer in one room that the children eat and sleep in.
- Lysol wipes on the entrance table.
- wires hanging down from equipment located on the fireplace ledge. Potential for a child to pull on it and the equipment fall on the child and injure them.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that children do not have access to any object or substance that may be hazardous to the health and safety of a child.
Date to be Corrected: September 24, 2020.
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11230 - CCLR s.47 - A licensee must ensure that any heated water accessible to children is heated to no more than 49° Celsius.
Observation: :Licensing observed the water temperature in the bathroom at 54.2 degrees Celsius.
This is a repeat contravention.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that any heated water accessible to children is heated to no more than 49 degrees Celsius.
Date to be Corrected: September 28, 2020.
STAFFING: 12190 - CCLR s.22(2)(b) - A licensee must ensure that each employee (b) practices implementing the fire drill system at least once each month.
Observation: Licensing observed that a fire drill was not implemented for the months of April and May 2020. The Manager informed Licensing that they had only one child in care. Licensing provided education on the intent of the regulation and ensuring that each employee practices implementing a fire drill system at least once each month.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that each employee practices implementing the fire drill system at least once each month.
Date to be Corrected: September 30, 2020.
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19050 - CCLR s.56(1)(f) - A licensee must keep current records of each of the following: (f) a log of minor accidents, illnesses and unexpected events involving children, that did not require medical attention and were not reportable incidents described in Schedule H.
Observation: Upon discussion with the Manager Licensing was informed that there is no current minor incident log book. The Manager informed Licensing that a new minor incident log book is purchased every year and a new one has not yet been purchased. Licensing provided education on the importance of having and maintaining a minor incident log book.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that a log of minor accidents, illnesses and unexpected events involving children are kept.
Date to be Corrected: September 24, 2020.
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19100 - CCLR s.57(2)(d) - A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (d) name and telephone number of a parent, medical practitioner and emergency contact.
Observation: Upon a random review of 4 children records Licensing observed the following;
- 1 child's record missing the telephone number of the medical practitioner.
- 1 child's record missing the name and telephone number of a medical practitioner.
- 1 child's record missing the name and telephone number of an emergency contact. Education provided on the intent of the regulation and ensuring that the emergency contact information is completed and updated.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that children's records are complete prior to the child attending the care facility.
Date to be Corrected: September 25, 2020.
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19190 - CCLR s.57(3)(a) - A licensee must have in writing from a parent, and maintain at the community care facility, consent (a) to call a medical practitioner or ambulance in case of accident or illness if the parent cannot immediately be reached.
Observation: Upon a random review of 4 children's records Licensing observed 1 child's record missing consent to call a medical practitioner or ambulance in case of an accident or illness of the parent cannot immediately be reached.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that all children's records are complete prior to the child attending the community care facility.
Date to be Corrected: September 25, 2020.
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19320 - CCLR s.59(a) - In respect of a record referred to in this Division, a licensee must (a) keep in a single place at the community care facility the records referred to in sections 56 to 58.
Observation: Licensing was unable to review the attendance records as the Manager has stored them away somewhere and unable to retrieve them. The Manager informed Licensing that attendance records for the week of September 23 has not been done.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that staff, children and facility records are kept in a single place at the community care facility.
Date to be Corrected: September 24, 2020.
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