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4
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0
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Potentially hazardous foods meet storage and holding temperatures; bottles, lunches refrigerated at 45º F or below: .2804, .2806, .2808, .2836 |
No |
No
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No |
No points taken.
15A NCAC 18A .2804 (d) Formula and other beverages that require refrigeration, baby food that has been opened, and human milk shall be labeled with the name of the child to whom the beverage, baby food, or milk belongs and shall be refrigerated at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below. Observed milk in refrigerator in Tryon St room at 53F. Thermometer in refrigerator was reading over 50F. All other refrigerators were in temperature. |
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7
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0
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Thermometers provided, accurate: .2804, .2807, .2808, .2836 |
No |
No
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No |
15A NCAC 18A .2806 (j) (1) Each refrigerator shall be provided with a numerically scaled indicating thermometer that is accurate to ± 3 degrees Fahrenheit and located to measure the air temperature in the warmest part of the refrigerator. Recording thermometers that are accurate to ± 3 degrees Fahrenheit may be used in lieu of indicating thermometers. Observed thermometer in several rooms stored in door of fridge across from freezer. Needs to be stored in warmest part of the refrigerator. Observed no internal thermometers on kitchen refrigerators. Kitchen refrigerators have built in thermometers. Need thermometers that read from the warmest part of the refrigerator. |
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28
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6
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Medications properly stored: .2820 |
No |
No
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No |
15A NCAC 18A .2820 (d).Medications, including prescription and non-prescription items, shall be stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container and shall not be stored above food. Observed toddler room bag had Benadryl stored with a lock on the zipper tassels which opened enough to access Benadryl without unlocking. Observed Benadryl stored in outside emergency bags unlocked in Church St classroom. Other classrooms had locks on zipper compartments where Benadryl was stored. CDI - Benadryl was locked.
15A NCAC 18A .2820 (d).Designated emergency medications shall be kept inaccessible to children, but are not required to be in locked storage. A product shall be considered inaccessible to children when stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is mounted a minimum vertical distance of five feet above the finished floor. Observed bags in infant and toddler room containing emergency medications stored less than 5ft above the floor. |
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42
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0
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Designated area for sick children; maintained as required; written procedures for vomiting or diarrheal events: .2827, .2836 |
No |
No
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No |
General Comment: The childcare center shall have a written procedure that employees shall follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events that involve the discharge of vomitus or fecal matter onto surfaces in the center. 15A NCAC 18A .2827 (d). Observed facility does not have a written procedure. Requirement has recently been adopted in rule changes on July 1, 2023. EHS emailed PIC link to page with procedures and rule update information. |