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Name

COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL OF HUNTERSVILLE

Address

10205 SAM FURR RD

City/State/ZIP

HUNTERSVILLE

28078

Premise Type

42 - Child Care

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

5/13/2025

Final Score @ Grade

General Comments

NOTE: - Observed several classrooms with very soiled wall to wall carpet. Cleaning scheduling is coming up soon. - Observed hand sink in toddler 3 may need new caulking around to seal the gaps and look clean. - Microwave was removed from infant 2. According to teachers, it was use to reheat baby food from home. All foods come from home should be reheat properly in the kitchen. - Director: Etta Harrison present during inspection.

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
2	0	Proper handwashing procedure: .2803, .2836	No	No	No	General Comment: 15A NCAC 18A.2803 (e). Handwashing procedures shall include: (1) using liquid soap and tempered water; (2) rubbing hands vigorously with soap and tempered water for 15 seconds; (3) washing all surfaces of the hands, to include the backs of hands, palms, wrists, under fingernails and between fingers; (4) rinsing the hands under tempered water for 10 seconds; (5) drying hands with a paper towel or other hand-drying device; and (6) turning off faucet with a paper towel or other method without recontaminating hands.- Observed teacher and students washing their hands and turn off a faucet knob with bare hands. There is hand washing procedure posted at all hand sinks. Ensure to follow correct hand washing procedures at all time.
5	5	Food properly stored, thawed, prepared, cooked, cooled, handled, served, transported, packaged and identified; only supervised children in kitchen; water from a handwash lavatory not consumed or used for bottle warming:. 2804, .2806, .2808, .2836	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2804 (k) Lunches, snacks, and other meals that a child brings from home to the child care center shall be labeled with the date on which the food is brought to the child care center and the name of the child to whom the food belongs at the child's home and shall be returned to the child's home or discarded at the end of each day.- Observed baby snack/food without date received at the center in infant 2. Ensure to put name and date that was received at the center as they come in.
11	2	Approved sanitizer provided;test kit available: .2809, .2810, .2812, .2814	No	No	No	Provide15A NCAC 18A .2812 (j) (j) A sanitizing solution shall be provided for cleaning purposes.- Observed no sanitizer solution spray in preschool 3 and sensory room. Observed no soapy water in preschool 1. Ensure to provide soapy water, sanitizer, disinfectant solution where appropriate at all time for proper cleaning.
22	3	Soap, approved hand drying devices, toilet tissue paper available: .2817, .2818, .2836	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2818 (d). Liquid soap and disposable towels or other hand-drying devices shall be provided at every handwash lavatory area.- Observed no soap and paper towels in the dispenser at hand sink between restrooms TK, no paper towel in PreK2, no soap and paper towels in Toddler 3. Ensure to refill and replenish hand washing supplies at all hand sinks as they run out at all time.
27	0	Free of storage and in good repair; cleaning and disinfecting solutions labeled; approved diapering methods used; diaper changing and handwashing signs posted: .2817, .2818, .2819, .2820, .2836	No	No	No	General Comment: 15A NCAC 18A .2819 (d) Use approved diapering methods as follows: 1) gather supplies, 2) wear disposable gloves (if needed), 3) use a disposable moist towelette to clean child, wiping front to back, 4) dispose of gloves if used and soiled towelettes, 5) wiping the employee's hands and the child's hands with a separate disposable towelette, 6) slide clean diaper under child and apply diapering products if needed using approved methods, 7) fasten diaper and place clothing on child, 8) wash child's hands, 9) and 10) clean and disinfect diapering surface using approved methods, 11) employee washes their hands.- Observed teacher is changing diaper and missing steps in the middle part (wiping teacher hands and a child hands after dirty part). The poster was posted at the changing station. Ensure to follow correct diaper changing procedures at all time.
28	0	Medications properly stored: .2820	No	No	No	General Comment: 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 several classrooms with green outside book bag attached with long black strings hanging down. The hook is higher and way above 5ft, the bag is hanging way above 5ft on a hook, however the black strings that drop and hang down from the bag way down, make the whole bag reachable by grabbing and pulling the strings. Ensure to keep the whole bag and all attachments at 5ft or higher at all times.
30	3	Non-hazardous products properly stored: .2820	No	No	No	15A NCAC 18A .2820 (c). Non-aerosol sanitizing solutions, approved disinfectants, detergent solutions, hand antiseptics, and hand lotions shall be kept inaccessible to children when not in use by storing the items 5 ft above the floor or behind lock and key.- Observed hand lotion and lip gross in unlock drawer less than 5ft in infant 1. Ensure to put all non hazardous items at 5ft or higher at all time.
31	2	Facilities provided for proper storage, used and kept clean: .2820	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2820 (g).Purses, that do not contain hazardous items, must be stored 5 ft above the floor, behind lock and key, or behind a child safety lock.- Observed teacher purse stored on top of cots inside unlock closet in preschool, on the counter in infant 1, unlock preschool 2/3 closet. Ensure to store all personal belongings that contain no hazardous items at 5ft or higher at all time.
33	0	Linen, bedding, wash cloths, bibs, burping cloths laundered, and in good repair: .2821, .2836	No	No	No	General Comment: 15A NCAC 18A .2821 (g). Wash cloths, bibs, and burping cloths shall be laundered after each use. Each time a wash cloth, bib, or burping cloth is used, it shall be used for only one child.- Observed a center is using wash cloth to wipe down the tables after meal or a mess. In several classrooms the cloth was placed inside hand sink or on top on the faucet after used. After each use/clean, ensure to place item in a designated dirty container for cleaning. Cloth shall not be used more than once after each cleaning.
34	0	Clean and in good repair; cleaning, sanitization and maintenance of water play centers: .2822, .2836	No	No	No	General Comment: 15A NCAC 18A .2822 (a) Toys, equipment, furniture, and any other items accessible to the children shall be kept clean and in good repair.- Observed peeling on white seating sofa in atrium room, broken cabinets in toddler 3, pre toddler 1 where diaper cream stored, tooder 2 and pre toddler 3. Repair needed and keep all furniture in good repair.