Description: TWINKLING STAR CHILDCARE is a Child Care Center in MASONTOWN PA, with a maximum capacity of 23 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.102(c) - Outdoor equip.- protective surfacing | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The embedded play dome located in the outdoor play space was positioned on a grassy area and did not have loose-fill that met the recommendations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Correction Required: Outdoor equipment that requires embedded mounting must be mounted over a loose-fill or unitary playground protective surface covering that meets the recommendations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The equipment must be anchored firmly and be in good repair. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The embedded play dome was removed from the playground. Our center will not return it to the play space until we are able to place the required 9 inches of mulch underneath of it. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Located in the Infant/Toddler Room were plastic bags under the unlocked changing table making them accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. Correction Required: Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff will be sure to lock the changing table when not in use. The director will check the changing table throughout the day to be sure the staff are locking the cabinet. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.124(e) - Written emergency plan posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Infant/Toddler Room, lacked a written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency. Correction Required: A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The written plan was placed in the room the day of the visit. The forms required on the wall will be checked and maintained monthly by the director. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.131(a) - Within 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #2 lacked an initial health report within 60 days of attendance. Child #2's date of admission is 12/6/19 and initial health report is dated 8/5/20. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Due to the virus our center was unable to receive the health records of this child prior to the close. His records have been provided and placed in his file. The director will review all files monthly to be sure that all information is up to date. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The health report for the child #1, lacked a 3rd dose of DTAP and a 3rd dose of Pneumococcal 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Do to the virus we were unable to get updated shot records for this child. Shot records have since been provided and are on file. The director will check all files monthly to be sure that all health assessments are completed and up to date. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(2)(iii) - Comply with CPSL/Exp, educ., training at facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff #1, hired 12/12/19, lacked Mandated Reporter training. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training following the outset of service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff person will complete this training. The director will review and update all staff files monthly. This will be sure that all information is being complete in a timely manner. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.65 - Protective Outlet Covers 5 yrs. or less | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the Preschool/School Age Room, there was an electrical outlet on the back wall that lacked a protective receptacle cover. The outlet was accessible to children 5 years of age and younger. Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The outlet cover was replaced the day of inspection. Our classroom teachers will check the outlets at the beginning and end of their shifts to be sure they have covers. Also if a teacher sees an outlet without a cover they will replace that cover immediately. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.75(b) - Inaccessible to children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit located in the Infant/Toddler Room was under the unlocked changing table making it accessible to children. Correction Required: A first-aid kit must be inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff will be sure to lock the changing table when not in use. The director will check the changing table throughout the day to be sure the staff are locking the cabinet. |
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| 2019-08-21 | Renewal | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: A play kitchen in the Infant/Toddler room was observed to be cracked in the corner of the plastic sink and had unsecured wooden pieces, exposing children to rough edges and pinch points. A white plastic bin in the front room of the Preschool/School Age space was observed to be cracked, exposing the children to rough edges and pinch points. A play kitchen in the Preschool/School Age space was observed to have an exposed metal screw, exposing the children to sharp objects. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The place center was removed from the center and thrown away. All play equipment, toys, and other items used in the center will be checked weekly. This will insure broken items are thrown away and maintain the safety of the children in our center. |
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| 2019-08-21 | Renewal | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Second Citation. At 12:00pm, Staff Person #2 was observed to be in the kitchen adjoining the school age space, preparing lunch, leaving eight preschool and school-aged children unsupervised. Supervision previously cited on 7/3/19 SIN-00157816. Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff person in question is an as needed employee. Each staff has been re-educated on the requirements for state ratio. They have also been reminded that each classroom has the ratios listed on the wall. Each staff, before leaving a room, is now required to tell another staff member they are leaving and receive a response. |
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| 2019-08-21 | Renewal | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At 1:00pm, one child was observed to be entering the bathroom unattended, and a second child was observed to be waiting outside the bathroom, unattended. Staff Person #2 was unaware of which child was present in the bathroom at the time. Supervision previously cited on SIN-00157816. Correction Required: Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff person in question is an as needed employee. Each staff has been re-educated on knowing the where about of each child at all times. The staff are now required to let another employee know if a child is going to the restroom so every staff person knows who is in the restroom. |
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| 2019-08-21 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for Child #1 and Child #3 lacked child service reports or other reports providing information about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. Correction Required: The services to be provided to the family and the child, including the Department's approved form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates regarding emergency contact information in 3270.124(f) (relating to emergency contact information). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) All children's child service reports are currently in the folder. Our center now has a spread sheet to be sure that all files are kept up to date and have the information needed. This spread sheet will be checked by the Director or most Senior Staff every Monday. |
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| 2019-08-21 | Renewal | 3270.131(a) - Within 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #2, start date 01/18/2018, contained an initial health report dated 04/26/2018; the file lacked a health report dated within 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Child #2 submitted the needed health assessment and it is currently in the folder. Our center now has a spread sheet to be sure that all files are kept up to date and have the information needed. This spread sheet will be checked by the Director or most Senior Staff every Monday. |
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| 2019-08-21 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for Child #1, Child #2, and Child #3 lacked documentation of flu shots in accordance with the schedule recommended by ACIP, or documentation of exemptions. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Our center will request verification of children receiving the flu shot or parent statement refusing the flu shot. A spreadsheet has been created and will be reviewed weekly by the Director or the most Senior Staff every Monday. |
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| 2019-08-21 | Renewal | 3270.135(a)(3) - Disposable diapers | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The diapering area in the Infant/Toddler Room was observed to have a swing-top trash can. Correction Required: If disposable diapers are provided by a parent or by a facility, a soiled diaper shall be discarded by immediately placing the diaper into a plastic-lined, hands-free covered can. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The swinging trash can was remove from the infant toddler room and replaced with a hands free covered can. All trash cans that are used for diapering will be hands free and maintained by the Director or the most Senior Staff. |
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