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25 | On 2/2/2021 at 11:15 a.m. Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Julissa Valle met with center director, Yanira Molina. Due to COVID-19 Pandemic a tele-inspection was conducted upon FaceTime platform. The purpose of this inspection is to assist with technical assistance (TA) due to a COVID-19 outbreak and ensure local Health Department, CDC and Licensing recommendations are being followed. The following ratios were observed during the inspection: Room #7 3 children with 3 staff, Room#8 9 children and 4 staff.
Facility had a COVID-19 outbreak from the time period between 12/18/2020-01/26/2021. Facility closed for a period of two weeks on two separate occasions out of precautionary reasons to slow the spread of COVID-19 and following the recommendations of the Local Health Department. Facility closed on 12/24/2020-01/04/2021 and then again on 01/13/2021-01/26/2021. During this time the director scheduled professional cleaning to be done and disinfect the entire facility prior to reopening. Through the COVID-19 outbreak, the director has followed the reporting requirements with Licensing and the Local Health Department and worked closely with both departments to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
During this TA inspection, LPA observed that COVID-19 awareness posters and information is made visible to public, staff and children. It was recommended to retrain staff on sick leave policies, social distancing, not reporting to work if feeling ill or if they had an exposure to a confirmed positive COVID-19 case. Director states they follow local health order of keeping the same cohort of children and do not mix children or staff between different age groups to limit possible spreading of the virus. Director states an all staff virtual training was conducted on 01/26/2021 to retrain on sick leave policies, new extended relief package for COVID-19 and exposures. Employee handbook was updated with new policy that all staff to take CECO Health and Safety training during a pandemic for current and new staff. All staff took COVID-19 rapid testing on 1/25/2021 and everyone received a negative result before reopening of facility on 01/27/2021. |