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Community Care Facilities Licensing
FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT
HEALTH & SAFETY
CLAN-BRCMXK

FACILITY NAME
Apple Island Childcare
SERVICE TYPES
310 Multi-Age Child Care
FACILITY LICENSE #
NGIL-AGKTMS
FACILITY ADDRESS
6859 Dow Ave
FACILITY PHONE
(604) 721-7488
CITY
Burnaby
POSTAL CODE
V5J 3X1
MANAGER
Xue Li

INSPECTION DATE
July 03, 2020
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
TIME SPENT (HRS.)
2
ARRIVAL
11:00 AM
DEPARTURE
01:00 PM
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
INSPECTION TYPE
Routine
# OBSERVED IN CARE

Introduction

A scheduled routine inspection was conducted to assess compliance with the Community Care and Assisted Living Act (CCALA), the Child Care Licensing Regulations (CCLR) and the relevant Director of Licensing Standards of Practice (DLSP). In response to the current Covid 19 pandemic this inspection focused on the following areas:
-Physical Facility
-Health and Hygiene
-Records and Reporting

Contraventions
Previous Inspection - Not Applicable
Current Inspection - Items reviewed comply with the Act, regulations & standards of practice except for those noted on supplementary pages.

Observed Violations
LICENSING: 10070 - CCLR s.11(4) - A licensee must display in a prominent place in the community care facility the certificate, or a copy of the certificate, of any educator or assistant employed to work in the community care facility.
Observation: Licensing observed that no staff certificates were posted in the facility. The certificates for two staff members were located in their staff records. This is a repeat contravention from inspection # CLAN-B4JRPY
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure the staff certificates are posted in a prominant place.
Date to be Corrected: July 23, 2020

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 the following inside the facility:

- several wear marks and puncture marks in the plastic tile flooring. This could harbour bacteria.
-wallpaper was peeling in the washroom. This is a repeat contravention from inspection # CLAN-BGDUCU
-several paint chips on the walls. This is a repeat contravention from inspection # CLAN-BGDUCU
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure the facility is clean and in good repair.
Date to be Corrected: July 23, 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: During the inspection the following was observed inside the facility:
-A bottle of bleach and water was within easy reach of the children. This could cause potential poisoning
-An open garbage can was observed in the washroom. As the garbage can is accessible at the children's level, this could cause potential for cross contamination from used paper towels and tissues. This is a serious health issue

The following was observed in the outdoor play area:
-A piece of metal trim with several rusty nails. This could cause a potential health hazard.
-Three plastic bags on the ground. This could cause a potential suffocation hazard

In discussion with the Director she stated she completed an outdoor play area inspection in the morning. Licensing is unsure why these potential hazards were missed during the inspection.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure children do not have access to any objects or substances that are hazardous to their health and safety.
Date to be Corrected: July 3, 2020

STAFFING: 12090 - CCLR s.19(1)(f) - A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility unless the licensee or, in the case of a person who is not the manager, the manager has first met with the person and obtained all of the following: (f) evidence that the person has complied with the Province's immunization and tuberculosis control programs.
Observation: Two staff records were reviewed. One record was missing a record of immunization status. This is a repeat contravention from inspection # GSIU-AM3PZV and inspection #CLAN-B4JRPY.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure staff records are complete.
Date to be Corrected: July 23, 2020

STAFFING: 12180 - CCLR s.22(2)(a) - A licensee must ensure that each employee (a) is trained in the implementation of the fire drill system and emergency plan described in subsection (1), including the use of any equipment noted in the fire drill system and emergency plan.
Observation: During the inspection licensing asked the staff if she was aware of where the secondary exit was located. She was unaware. An exit sign that was usually placed above the door had fallen off of the wall. This was corrected during the inspection.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that the staff are trained in the fire drill system and emergency plan to be able to respond quickly in an emergency.
Date to be Corrected: July 3, 2020

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: 13020 - CCLR s.22(1)(b) - A licensee must have all of the following: (b) an emergency plan that sets out procedures to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from any emergency.
Observation: Licensing observed that the fire extinguisher was expired. The fire extinguisher was within the area of fully charged.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure the fire extinguisher is serviced annually to be prepared, to mitigate, respond to and recover from an emergency.
Date to be Corrected: July 23, 2020

RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19070 - CCLR s.57(2)(a) - A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (a) name, sex, date of birth, medical insurance plan number and immunization status.
Observation: Five children's records of five were reviewed. Two children's records were missing immunization status. This is a repeat contravention from inspection # CLAN-BGDUCU. In addition one child's record was missing a care card number. In discussion with the Director she stated she has asked the families for this information but it has not been provided.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure children's records are complete.
Date to be Corrected: July 16, 2020

RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19160 - CCLR s.57(2)(i) - A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (i) a photograph or digital image of the child, and other information that can be used to readily identify the child in an emergency.
Observation: Five children's records were reviewed. No children's pictures were observed in the records. This is a repeat contravention from inspection # GSIU-AM3PZV and inspection # CLAN-BGDUCU.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure children's records are complete.
Date to be Corrected: July 23, 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: During the inspection licensing observed that one staff record was not present at the facility. In discussion with the Director she stated that the file was located in her home. The serious health and safety risk was discussed as a criminal record check was not present at the facility.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure staff records are at the site where the individual staff are working
Date to be Corrected: July 6, 2020


Comments

At the inspection dated July 3, 2020 there were 5 children, 1 staff and the Director was present. At this inspection the above noted contraventions were identified. Please send a written response to Licensing addressing how you have corrected the above noted contraventions by July 23, 2020. As part of this Routine Inspection a Facility Risk Assessment Tool is completed and a copy was sent to the Director.
The following was reviewed/discussed with the Director:

· Information sent out to the Director regarding the following: sanitization/disinfection, social distancing, hand washing and health and wellness policy.
· The coronavirus COVID-19 public health guidance for child care settings
· Posting the COVID-19 policy, as a requirement of The Centre for Disease Control and Worksafe BC
· Having emergency cards with the children's information in the first aid kit to take outside or on a walk.

The following resource was given to the Director:

· Resource Package for Child Care facilities COVID-19 prevention

The following resource will be sent to the Director:

· Change of Manager forms

The inspection findings were reviewed with the Manager at the inspection. The inspection report and the risk assessment were completed at the Burnaby Health Protection office. The report was written in .5 hours and this is included in the report. A copy of these documents were sent to the Director.

If you have any questions regarding this report please contact me.

Action Required by Licensee/ManagerAction Required by Licensing Staff
Take corrective action to bring facility into compliance, Provide a written response to LicensingNo action required
Due Date
Jul 23, 2020

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