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Muppets Children's Centre

986 Dunbarton Rd, Pickering ON L1V 1G8 · Child Care Inspections

4 inspections

  1. Routine

    2 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
    • Adequate pest control measures present (e.g. licensed pest control company), as required
      • Fail to provide adequate pest control measures
      • Operator must provide adequate pest control measures (e.g. licensed pest control company)
  2. Re-Inspection

    0 infractions

  3. Routine

    8 infractions

    • Toys/materials and shelving cleaned and disinfected, and activity recorded in accordance with Durham Region Health Department Child Care Cleaning and Disinfection Schedule (Excluding infant and toddler areas)
      • Fail to properly clean and disinfect toys/materials and shelving as required
      • Operator to ensure cleaning/disinfection activity is recorded in a timely manner (same day)
    • 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 carpets and fabric upholstered furniture minimum 2x/yr or as often as needed
      • 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 carpets and fabric upholstered furniture minimum 2x/yr or as often as needed
      • 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
    • Creams/ointments/wipes/diapers stored and dispensed to avoid contamination (not shared)
      • Fail to ensure that creams/ointments/wipes/diapers are inaccessible to children
      • Operator to ensure that creams/ointments/wipes/diapers are inaccessible to children
    • Ensure all policies and procedures are up to date and available on site
      • Fail to provide policy and procedures for emergency situations (e.g. notification to Durham Region Health Department during power outage, flooding, sewage back-up, loss of hot/cold water supply)
      • Operator must provide policy and procedures for emergency situations (e.g. notification to Durham Region Health Department during power outage, flooding, sewage back-up, loss of hot/cold water supply)
      • Operator must implement and follow required policies and procedures
    • Precautions in place to prevent scalding (less than 49°C/120°F hot water temperature)
      • Fail to ensure hot water temperature does not exceed 49°C/120°F
      • Operator must ensure hot water temperature does not exceed 49°C/120°F
    • Medications, chemicals, and cleaning agents are inaccessible to children
      • Fail to ensure medications, chemicals, and cleaning agents are inaccessible to children
      • Operator must ensure medications, chemicals, and cleaning agents are inaccessible to children
    • 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.
  4. Routine

    3 infractions

    • Sleeping equipment cleaned and disinfected as required, stored in sanitary manner, and designated for each child
      • Fail to ensure sleeping equipment stored in sanitary manner (e.g. not overlapping/touching)
      • Operator must ensure sleeping equipment stored in sanitary manner (e.g. not overlapping/touching)
    • 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
    • Adequate pest control measures present (e.g. licensed pest control company), as required
      • Fail to provide adequate pest control measures
      • Operator must provide adequate pest control measures (e.g. licensed pest control company)