First Care Daycare And Learning Center - Pittsburgh PA Child Care Center

Noncompliance Area: In the preschool/school-age room, the handle on the art cabinet was missing a screw resulting in the handle being loose and unstable.

Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts.

Noncompliance Area: A daily activity schedule was not posted in the preschool/school-age room.

Correction Required: The written plan of daily activities shall be posted in the group space.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #4 had an agreement that lacked the operator's signature.

Correction Required: An agreement shall be signed by the operator and the parent.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #4 had an agreement that lacked the date of the child's admission.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the date of the child's admission.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #4 had an emergency contact form that lacked the child's date of birth.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name and birth date of the child.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #4 had an emergency contact form that lacked the address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #2 had an initial health assessment that was dated over 60 months after the child's start date.

Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent of an enrolled child, including a child, a foster child and a relative of an operator or a facility person, to provide an initial health report no later than 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #5, a preschooler, lacked an updated health assessment within the last 12 months.

Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent to provide an updated health report at least every 12 months for an older toddler or preschool child.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1, an 8 month old, and child #5, a 3 year old, had an immunization record that lacked verification of the Influenza vaccination being administered within the last year in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. The file for child #1, an 8 month old, had an immunization record that lacked documentation of the 2nd and 3rd doses of the DTAP vaccination by age 6 months, and the 2nd doses of the HIB, Pneumococcal, and Polio vaccinations by age 4 months in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP.

Correction Required: The facility shall require the parent to provide updated written verification from a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department of ongoing vaccines administered to an infant, toddler or preschool child in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP.

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #3 lacked signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child and signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff.

Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission. A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission.

Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #2 lacked a state police clearance.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Staff Person #2 may not work in a child care position at the facility.

Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #3, with a start date of 6-15-20, lacked initial emergency plan training at their start date.

Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training and kept on file at the facility.

Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #1 lacked current fire safety training completed within the last year.

Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent.

Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #2 had a staff evaluation that exceeded 12 months between evaluations.

Correction Required: A director is responsible for written evaluation of staff persons on a regular basis, a minimum of one evaluation every 12 months.

Noncompliance Area: In the indoor play space, there was an electrical outlet that lacked an outlet cover. In the preschool/school-age room, there was a surge protector near the desk with three outlets that lacked outlet covers and one electrical outlet near the play kitchen that lacked an outlet cover.

Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger.