Description: Better Beginnings is a Unlicensed Registered Ministry in Indianapolis IN. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| CCDF Inspection 2021-06-11 |
Sanitation Standards | 2021-06-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-3.5-5.5(b) Sanitation Standards |
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| CCDF Inspection 2021-06-11 |
A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Fire arms, ammunition and other weapons Location __________ Poisons, chemicals, bleach cleaning materials and Medications Location __________. | 2021-06-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-3.5-11(a) A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Poisons, chemicals, and cleaning materials |
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| Registration 2021-06-11 |
Food Safety. All foods provided by the facility, for children enrolled in the day care ministry, shall be from a food establishment, inspected and approved by a governmental agency. Food items shall be received at the facility in the original, unopened, undamaged packaging and shall be properly protected from damage and potential contamination. Food shall be free from spoilage, filth, or other contamination and shall be safe for human consumption. The temperature of all potentially hazardous food shall be 45 F. or below or 140 F. or above at all times. Frozen food shall be kept frozen and should be stored at a temperature of 0 F. or below | 2021-06-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-5(b) 6 containers of baby food are expired. 1 container of infant cereal not labeled with the date of opening. |
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| Registration 2021-06-11 |
Diapers. The diapering process shall be done on a table, in a clean and sanitary manner. The diaper changing surface shall be sanitized after each use and materials used for skin cleansing shall be discarded after each use into a tightly covered, easily sanitized container. Individuals responsible for diaper changing shall wash their hands after each diaper change | 2021-06-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-6(d) One changing table is not 2 feet from the carpet, not sanitizable area. |
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| Registration 2021-06-11 |
Handwashing. Adults and children shall wash their hands after using the toilet and before eating | 2021-06-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-6(b) Hot water at the handwashing sink in the diapering room and both bathrooms was over 120 degrees F. Hot water is to be between 100 and 120 degrees F for proper handwashing and to avoid scalding. |
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| Registration 2021-06-11 |
All interior surfaces, equipment, materials, furnishings, and objects with which children will come in contact shall be well maintained, in a clean and sanitary condition, and of nontoxic durable construction | 2021-07-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(1) Storage closet in the storage room containing spray paint, can paint, caul, pine sol cleaner, oxygen orange cleaner, raid, bleach cleaner was unlocked and accessible to children. Floor tiles in the diapering room are chipped and loose, not sanitizable. Hot water handle of the hand washing sink in the diapering room moves when turned on/off, not sealed |
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| Registration 2021-06-11 |
Storage. Containers and packages of food, cleaned and sanitized utensils, equipment, and single-service articles shall be stored at least six (6) inches above the floor in a clean, dry location in such a way that protects them from contamination, cleaning compounds, and toxic or hazardous materials. This does not apply to cased food packaged in waterproof containers | 2021-06-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-5(f) Bag of chicken nuggets in the top freezer not dated with date of opening. Pan of food not labled with contents or date and pizza not labeled with date in the side by side fridge. |
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| Registration 2020-11-02 |
The operator of a child care ministry registered under section 2 of this chapter shall provide a notice to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in the child care ministry. The notice must be signed by the parent or guardian when the child is enrolled in the child care ministry and must be kept on file at the child care ministry until two (2) years after the last day the child attends the child care ministry. This notice must be maintained by the child care ministry and made available to the division upon request | 2020-11-02 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-6-7 1 of 5 children's files reviewed missing signed Parent's Notice. Send documentation to consultant. |
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| CCDF Inspection 2020-10-16 |
All children in care are supervised by a caregiver. | 2020-10-16 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-3.5-5.5(a) All children in care are supervised by a caregiver. |
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| CCDF Inspection 2020-10-16 |
A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Fire arms, ammunition and other weapons Location __________ Poisons, chemicals, bleach cleaning materials and Medications Location __________. | 2020-10-16 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-3.5-11(a) A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Poisons, chemicals, and cleaning materials |
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| Registration 2020-10-16 |
All interior surfaces, equipment, materials, furnishings, and objects with which children will come in contact shall be well maintained, in a clean and sanitary condition, and of nontoxic durable construction | 2020-10-16 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(1) Hand sanitizer labeled Keep out of Reach of Children on a backpack hanging in the hallway. Diaper room: a container of vaseline, A&D ointment, tube of aquaphor, 2 containers of baby powder, a tube of petroleum jelly labeled with Keep out of reach of children on shelves accesible to children. Storage room: container of Ammonia, container of bleach, wall paints, lysol spray, 409 spray, clorox spray all labeled with Keep out of Reach of children in an unlocked cabinet in the unlocked storage room accessible to children. Playroom: 2 ceiling tiles damaged. |
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| Registration 2020-10-16 |
immersion for at least one (1) minute in clean water which is at a temperature of at least 75 F. and which contains an approved sanitizing agent at an effective concentration. Cleaned and sanitized equipment and utensils shall always be air dried, never towel dried. An alternative to dishwashing is the use of sturdy, all disposable, single-service articles and utensils. Reuse of single-service articles and utensils is prohibited. All permanent ware infant feeding bottles and reusable nipples provided by the facility shall be washed and sanitized by the facility after each use as follows: Prewash in hot detergent water in a nonhandwashing sink; scrub bottles and nipples inside and out with bottle and nipple brush; squeeze water through nipple hole during washing; and rinse well with clean, hot water. Boil in clear water bottles for five (5) minutes; nipples and caps, collars, and tongs for three (3) minutes; and air dry. Store each item separately in clean, covered, labeled container | 2020-10-16 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-5(e)(2) Baby bottle on the half wall of room 1 not labeled with name or date. |
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| Registration 2020-10-16 |
Food Safety. All foods provided by the facility, for children enrolled in the day care ministry, shall be from a food establishment, inspected and approved by a governmental agency. Food items shall be received at the facility in the original, unopened, undamaged packaging and shall be properly protected from damage and potential contamination. Food shall be free from spoilage, filth, or other contamination and shall be safe for human consumption. The temperature of all potentially hazardous food shall be 45 F. or below or 140 F. or above at all times. Frozen food shall be kept frozen and should be stored at a temperature of 0 F. or below | 2020-10-16 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-5(b) Baby bottle on the half wall of room 1 not discarded after use. |
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| Registration 2020-07-10 |
Refrigerator and Freezers. Enough conveniently located refrigeration facilities shall be provided to assure the maintenance of potentially hazardous food at required temperatures during storage. Refrigerators and freezers shall be in good condition, clean, and shall maintain the proper temperatures. Each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer shall be provided with an accurate thermometer, in good position for daily monitoring | 2020-07-10 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-5(c) Freezer in the kitchen thermometer read 20 degrees F. Freezer is to be kept at 0 degrees F or below. |
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| Registration 2020-07-10 |
Plumbing and Sewage Disposal. All plumbing fixtures shall discharge into a public sanitary sewer whenever available within a reasonable distance, or when soil conditions prohibit the construction of an adequate on-site system. Any on-site sewage treatment system shall meet the requirements of 410 IAC 6-10. If a discharging sewage treatment system is to be constructed, it shall meet the requirements of the department of environmental management. New plumbing equipment shall meet the requirements of the fire prevention and building safety commission (FPBSC) and SBH | 2020-07-24 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.5-3(b) Faucet at the handwashing sink in the diapering room is leaking. |
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