Valley Farm Day Care
1995 Valley Farm Rd, Pickering ON L1V 1X6 · Child Care Inspections
3 inspections
- Re-Inspection
0 infractions
- Routine
9 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 carpets and fabric upholstered furniture minimum 2x/yr or as often as needed
- Operator must steam clean/shampoo carpets and fabric upholstered furniture minimum 2x/yr or as often as needed
- Appropriate cleaning and disinfectant solutions easily accessible in each program room
- Fail to provide appropriate cleaning and disinfectant solutions in an easily accessible area in each program room
- Operator must provide appropriate cleaning and disinfectant solutions in an easily accessible area in each program room
- 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)
- 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
- Contaminated items are not shared and are immediately removed to be cleaned and disinfected/laundered/discarded (e.g., mouthed, drooled on, sneezed/coughed on)
- Fail to provide a clearly labeled mouthed toy bin/box
- Operator must provide a clearly labeled mouth toy bin/box
- Upper floor windows designed to prevent falls (4 in/10 cm maximum opening)
- Fail to ensure upper floor windows designed to prevent falls (more than 4 in/10 cm maximum opening)
- Operator must ensure upper floor windows are designed to prevent falls (4 in/10 cm maximum opening)
- Outdoor playspace has no health and safety hazards (excluding play structure)
- Fail to ensure outdoor playspace is free from hazards
- Operator must ensure outdoor playspace is free from hazards
- 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.
- Toys, teaching materials, surfaces, equipment, and/or furniture maintained clean and in good repair
- Routine
4 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)
- Contaminated items are not shared and are immediately removed to be cleaned and disinfected/laundered/discarded (e.g., mouthed, drooled on, sneezed/coughed on)
- Fail to remove contaminated items to be cleaned and disinfected/laundered/discarded
- Operator must remove absorbent/plush items, toys, materials contaminated with body fluids (e.g., mouthed, drooled on, sneezed/coughed on)
- Natural items are cleaned and disinfected or discarded weekly as per Durham Region Health Department recommendations
- Fail to discard natural items weekly (items that cannot be properly cleaned/disinfected)
- Operator must discard natural items weekly (items that cannot be properly cleaned/disinfected)
- Toys, teaching materials, surfaces, equipment, and/or furniture maintained clean and in good repair