Southmore Kiddie Kollege

There was a hole in the floor covered by a rug leading from the toddler room into the main room observed during the inspection.

There is sufficient evidence to support supervision concerns.

Caregivers did not know the ages of children cared for during the inspection.

An 8-month old infant was observed sleep in restrictive device with a bottle. The caregiver was observed removing the infant and the bottle from the restrictive device.

Fire extinguishers were observed last serviced 11/2022.

Bottles were observed in the infant room not properly labeled.

Three infants ages 4 months, 8 months, and 12 months old was observed sleeping in restrictive devices. The caregiver was observed removing the infants and placing them in a crib.

Loose fill materials were observed not maintained at proper depths leaving black tarp lining exposed throughout various areas of the playground.

An electric fan was observed sitting on top of shelf with chord hanging down to the floor accessible to children. This was corrected during the inspection when the fan was removed from the shelf and made inaccessible to children.

Electrical outlets were observed uncovered in three classrooms ( one outlet per room) accessible to children under 5-years old. This was corrected during inspection when outlets were observed being covered.

A 14 month old infant was observed sleeping in a restrictive device during the inspection. This was corrected during the inspection when the child was observed being removed from the restrictive device.

Employees did not know who was in charge while director was absent. This was corrected during the inspection when director arrived and informed who was in charge.

There was no record of monthly inspection of fire extinguishers documented and available for review during the inspection.

A toddler was observed confined to a restrictive device for over 30 minutes and not provided an opportunity for moderate to vigorous active play that encourages movement. This was corrected during the inspection when the child was observed being removed from the restrictive device.

There were no current feeding instruction sheets available for review during inspection for two infants.

A sippy cup in the infant room was observed not properly labeled with child's first name and first initial of last name. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was observed properly labeling the cup.

A caregiver was observed present and caring for children during the inspection without an eligible background. This was corrected when the caregiver was observed leaving the operation.

Caregivers did not know names or ages of children being cared for. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregivers retrieved a sheet with children's information.

Caregiver was observed cleaning a child's nose without washing hands afterwards. This was corrected during inspection when the caregiver was instructed and observed washing hands.

There was no fire drill documented for the month of May to review during inspection.

Two of the three staff files observed were missing the required training on handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.

One student file who has a diagnosed food allergy was observed not having a documented food allergy plan to review signed by parent and physician.

The outside structure does not have the required amount of surfacing under the play structure that is 3ft 24 inches tall.

A caregiver was observed to be sitting in the middle of two different classrooms observing children napping. The caregiver was sitting to the left of the room when I walked in and children on the right side of the room were not being supervised during nap time.

The operation did not have any loose-fill surfacing material under the swings and moving equipment.

It was observed children sleeping on mats that had tears in the mat. Corrected: When director removed the mats that had tears in it.

A two year old child was observed to be a sleep in the infant classroom in a restricted device.

It was observed in the school age classroom were children were napping the room was dark on the right side of the classroom where children were laying down.

Both transporters lacked current transportation training.

There was one unreported case of COVID-19 at this operation,

One out of seven infants ages 8 months to 17 months did not have a written daily report filled out for the parents. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when infant caregiver filled out the forms.

A caregiver was allowed to have direct access to children in the Pre-K room prior to receiving eligibility results from CBCU. Note- This was addressed during the inspection when the caregiver left during the inspection.

Three caregivers files did not have annual training hours in the required topics of Handling, Storing, and Disposing of Hazardous Materials, Administering Medication, and Preventing and Responding to Emergencies due to Food Allergies, Emergency Preparedness, Preventing and controlling spread of communicable diseases and Building and Physical premises safety.

One out of six children's records evaluated did not have immunization records or an immunization exemption on file.