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Better Beginnings Daycare and Preschool

115 Delaney Dr, Ajax ON L1T 2M4 · Child Care Inspections

3 inspections

  1. Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  2. Routine

    8 infractions

    • Toys, teaching materials, surfaces, equipment, and/or furniture maintained clean and in good repair
      • Operator fail to maintain toys, teaching equipment, materials, surfaces, and/or furniture clean and/or in good repair
      • Operator must maintain toys, teaching equipment, materials, surfaces, and/or furniture clean and in good repair
    • Carpets/area rugs and fabric upholstered furniture maintained in a sanitary condition
      • Fail to steam clean/shampoo infant/toddler room carpets/area rugs minimum monthly or more frequently as required to maintain them in a sanitary condition
      • Operator must steam clean/shampoo infant/toddler room carpets/area rugs minimum monthly or more frequently as required to maintain them in a sanitary condition
    • Test strips/reagents available, used to verify concentration of disinfectant solutions prepared on site
      • Fail to provide test strips/reagents to verify concentration of disinfectant solutions prepared on site
      • Operator must provide test strips/reagents to verify concentration of disinfectant solutions prepared on site
    • Toilets, potty seats/chairs, and handwashing sinks cleaned and disinfected daily and more often as required
      • Fail to store potty seats/chairs in a clean and sanitary manner
      • Operator to store potty seats/chairs in clean and sanitary manner
    • Diaper change table/mat/safety straps properly designed and in good repair
      • Fail to follow Durham Region Health Department recommendations for diaper change table/mat/safety strap design
      • Operator must follow Durham Region Health Department recommendations for diaper change table/mat/safety strap design
    • Ensure all policies and procedures are up to date and available on site
      • Fail to conduct daily routine illness surveillance for staff and children in each room and record on routine illness surveillance form
      • Operator to conduct daily routine illness surveillance for staff and children in each room and record on routine illness surveillance form
    • Outdoor playspace has no health and safety hazards (excluding play structure)
      • Fail to ensure outdoor playspace is free from hazards
      • Fail to adequately cover sandbox when not in use
      • Operator must ensure outdoor playspace is free from hazards
      • Operator must adequately cover sandbox when not in use
    • No condemnation/seizure required
      • Under the authority of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.7, sec. 19(1) to (4), which states: A Public Health Inspector who is of the opinion, upon reasonable and probable grounds, that a condition of any substance, thing, plant, animal other than man is a health hazard, may seize or cause the seizure of the substance, thing, plant or animal. Where equipment is seized under this section and the Public Health Inspector is of the opinion, upon reasonable and probable grounds, that the condition of the equipment is a health hazard, he or she may destroy or dispose of the equipment or cause it to be destroyed or disposed of without further examination or investigation.
  3. Routine

    3 infractions

    • Absorbent materials laundered/cleaned and disinfected/discarded weekly (e.g. slip covers, dress-up clothes, plush toys, puzzles, cardboard)
      • Fail to ensure absorbent materials laundered/cleaned and disinfected/discarded weekly
      • Operator must ensure absorbent materials laundered/cleaned and disinfected/discarded weekly
    • Toys, teaching materials, surfaces, equipment, and/or furniture maintained clean and in good repair
      • Operator fail to maintain toys, teaching equipment, materials, surfaces, and/or furniture clean and/or in good repair
      • Operator must maintain toys, teaching equipment, materials, surfaces, and/or furniture clean and in good repair
    • Creams/ointments/wipes/diapers stored and dispensed to avoid contamination (not shared)
      • Fail to label and/or store creams/ointments/wipes/diapers in a designated personal storage area
      • Operator must label and/or store creams/ointments/wipes/diapers in a designated personal storage area