Kiddie Patch Daycare Center

The sand around the climbing structures and merry-go-round had compacted and was no longer shock-absorbing.

The director was missing 3.5 hours of annual training, including training in management, communicable diseases, administering medications, food allergies, understanding building and physical premises safety, and handling hazardous materials.

Out of the four children's records reviewed, two children were missing an admission date, one child was missing an emergency contact and persons the child could be released to, two school-age children were missing their school's information, and one parent had not acknowledged that they received the parent handbook.

Two caregivers were missing multiple required training topics for their annual training.

One caregiver was unable to provide a copy of their current first aid and CPR card.

Out of four staff files reviewed, one staff member was missing a pre-employment affidavit and another was missing statements that they received the employee handbook and parent handbook, and that they attended orientation with an overview on the center's abuse neglect policies.

One caregiver had a group of twenty children that had a specified age of four years old. Four-year-old classes can only have eighteen children per one caregiver. This was corrected during the inspection when two of the three-year-olds in that class were transferred to another class.

A caregiver changed a child's diaper and did not wash hands before changing the next child's diaper. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was reminded about washing hands, and they washed their hands before changing the next child.

A a sixteen-month-old was cmobined with the pre-k class in the front area of the operation. This was corrected during the inspection when the infant was taken to the toddler room with the toddlers.

A caregiver changed a child's diaper and did not sanitize the diapering surface before moving on to the next child. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was reminded to sanitize the surface between diaper changes and the caregiver did so before changing the next child

A caregiver changed a child's diaper and did not wash the child's hands afterwards. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was reminded that children's hands must be washed after diaper changes.

During the investigation, it was found that an infant who is sixteen months old was being combined with children up to four years old in the mornings during drop-off.

During the investigation, it was determined that caregivers have been supervising two classes at once by standing in the doorway between the classrooms.

Two caregivers were using their iPads for personal use. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregivers were informed that electronic devices can't be used for personal use and the devices were turned off.

The parent handbook was missing field trip procedures, information on parent's rights, benefits of physical activity, critera for extreme weather that will prohibit outdoor play, and a plan for indoor physical activity to occur when the children cannot go outside.

The children's product certfiication form was last signed in January 2024. This was corrected during the inspection when a new certification form was signed.

One caregiver who was past her first 90 days was missing an hour of pre-service training.

One infant had feeding instructions that were last updated in January.

One caregiver did not have any annual training for the 2023-2024 training year.

The first aid kit in the operation's vehicle had antiseptic solution and cream that had expired. This was corrected during the inspection when the expired supplies were removed from the first aid kit.

There was an infant sleeping in a swing. This was corrected during the inspection when the infant was removed from the swing.

There were 2 caregivers that did not complete the required annual training for the previous year. One caregiver only completed 12 hours and one caregiver did not have any trainings on file.

The 2 caregivers are drivers for the operation did not have current transportation on file.

There were 4 infants observed with bottles in their cribs while they were sleeping. The bottles were removed during the inspection.

There were 2 caregivers that did not have pre-service or orientation on file for review.

There were 3 infants in care that did not have updated infant feeding instructions.

The director had only completed 15 hours of annual training for the previous year.

There was one person observed at the operation in a classroom that did not have a background check on file. The person was sent home during the inspection, bringing the deficiency into compliance.

There were 3 infants that had blankets in the crib. One infant also had a boppy pillow in the crib. The blankets and boppy pillow were reviewed by a caregiver.

During the inspection a caregiver responsible for children under 24 months did not have a current training in the topics sudden infant death syndrome and early childhood brain development.

During the inspection the tires on an piece of active playground equipment was observed with rips exposing the wire.