Quality Time Childcare - COVID - 19 Safety Protocols
Daily health checks for all persons entering the day care center, including but not limited to all staff, children, parents, legal guardians, cleaning staff, caterers, nurses, visitors, and Authorized Representatives of the Department that enter the premises including temperature checks that are completed according to CDC guidance for child care programs.
To minimize risk, only the front entrance will be used for arrival and drop-off. One staffing member will be present at the entrance equipped with proper PPE. He or she will check the child’s temperature upon arrival. Parents are not allowed to enter the school.
Supplies staffer will carry or have accessible at the front entrance include:
- Extra masks in case a child does not have one
- Pen
- Clipboard
- Daily log of entry health screenings and attendance
- Thermometer
- Sanitizing cleanser or wipes to wipe down doorknobs and frequently touched surfaces
Written Plan for Personal Protective Equipment and Attire
Daycare staff will be checked for fever before entering the facility at the beginning of their reported work period and maintain records of monitoring.
Facility shall supply personal protective equipment (PPE): including but not limited to face masks and gloves for staff and masks for children.
- Staff must wear a mask at all times when indoors and outdoors, non-permeable gloves shall be worn while serving food, diaper changing and/or dealing with wounds. Frequent hand washing is required when gloves are not in usage; and
- children ages 2 years and up shall wear a face mask when arriving at and leaving the day care center when tolerable and throughout the day, when in hallways, and throughout the day, except when napping, playing outdoors, or eating.
Staffing Plan
All children will be kept in the same group with same staff every day including meal, snack, rest and play periods.
Classroom interchanging or mixing is not permitted; child care staff and children shall be assigned to the same group every day, including meal, snack, rest and play periods.
Individuals with a temperature of 100.4ºF or higher shall be excluded.
Indoor and Outdoor Safety Plan
All soft plush toys that can harbor germs will be removed. Teachers and staff will regularly wipe down high touch surfaces including doorknobs, toys, phones, keyboards, and other items frequently handled items every hour. Toys that are mouthed will be removed to sanitize immediately. For infant and toddler teething toys, they will be removed for sanitizing once discarded by a child.
All toys that are brought into classrooms will be cleaned and sanitized at the end of each day.
All areas and equipment will be disinfected at the end of each day.
Playground space and equipment will be sanitized prior to the next group usage.