ST Albans Learning Center

During the renewal inspection on 11/4/24, the health assessment of staff #1 indicated a positive TB screening. No chest xray documentation was on file.

As of the renewal inspection on 11/4/24, a copy of incident reports was not being filed in child's file.

File for staff person #2, see code sheet for hire date, contained two state police clearances dated 8/13/17 and 9/22/22 and two FBI clearances dated 8/7/17 and 9/28/22. These dates show that the updated clearances were obtained more than 60 months from the previous clearances on file. Staff person #3 and #4, see code sheet for hire date, both contained a FBI clearance that is not suitable for the purposes of employment with a DHS licensed childcare facility.

It was observed in the child care space that there was a small hole on the rear wall under the calendar.

The facility's fire drill log showed that a fire drill was conducted on 6/29/23 but the next fire drill was not conducted until 9/5/23. These documented dates show that the facility did not conduct one fire drill at least every 60 days as required.

It was observed that the facility had been logging 30 day tests of the facility's fire alarms, and then stopped. The last test date that was logged was dated 7/8/23. The facility then decided to have a functional fire alarm inspection completed on 11/3/23. At the time of inspection, the new director was unclear about whether the legal entity could continue to pull the alarms every 30 days or if the change to a functional fire alarm inspection report was needed due to the building being used for other business purposes. There was a gap in compliance with standards established under section 1016(c) of the act (62 P.S. § 1016(c)) during the time period of 7/8/23 - 11/3/23, as neither testing nor a functional inspection report was on file during that time period as required.

It was observed that the shaken baby, head trauma, maltreatment of children policy created by the facility was incomplete and did not contain all required components.

It was observed that the facility did not have comprehensive general liability insurance to cover persons who are on the premises. A copy of the policy was not observed on file at the time of inspection.

Staff person #3 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): pediatric first aid/CPR from a PQAS approved trainer and a PQAS approved curriculum.

Files for staff person #1 and #4 did not contain documentation to verify applicable education levels. In addition, the file for staff person #4 also did not have adequate documentation verifying experience working with children.

It was observed that the facility's emergency plan was not posted in a conspicuous location.

File for child #1 did not contain written documentation of all the age appropriate vaccines recommended by the ACIP.

Emergency contact form for child #1 did not contain the name of the child's physician and did not contain the enrolling parent's work address.

It was observed that bingo dabbers which stated, "keep out of reach of children" were accessible to the children in care.

The file for staff person #1, hired 8/16/21, contained a TB test result dated 8/24/18; therefore this test was completed more than 12 months prior to their start date.

Agreement for child #1 did not specify the child's arrival and departure times and did not specify the persons designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Emergency contact form for child #1 and #2 did not contain the address of the child's physician. The emergency contact form for child #1 also did not contain the telephone number of the child's physician or the designated release person's address.