WHY: Why is this an important regulation? 

WHAT IT MEANS: the details about this regulations and  

HOW: the details on how this regulations can be delivered at your centre. 

Why?

Why it is important to have clean and washing area child day.

It is important to always have a clean and well sanitary daycare because we will not spread germs of all kinds. Cleaning the daycare with cleaning supplies daily will keep the sickness away. Everyone at daycare must wash hands after each use of using the toilet, brushing their teeth or wiping areas that are dirty after snack.

Staff: must wash their hands after cleaning toilets, after smoking, after wiping down tables/chairs and after cutting foods.

How:

Running a daycare must have children size toilets, washing area and must have a reachable area to reach for toilet paper towels. Must clean potties and toilet after each use. Always make sure there is enough of soap, paper towels and wash cloths.

-holly

All daycare facilities must have installed bath tubs, infant sized bath tubs, or large sink within the washroom area. Each child must be attended at all times by the operator or staff member.

How can it be delivered?

Continue to remind child to go and wash their hands.

Ideally, facilities have a regular installed bathtub with hand held shower head or infant sized sink. Make sure that children who are bathing are always supervised by a staff member. Never leave a tub with water unattended.

What it means: means garbage should be taken out everyday for health reasons sanitary reasons.

How: the garbage should be taken out by the end of the day at each day to keep the room more clean and not smelly for the next day.

Samantha A

Toilets and washing areas must be cleaned and disinfected after each use. It is an important regulation because it prevents the spread of germs.

What it means:

The EHO will see if the toilets can flush well, and the washing areas are satisfactory. The toilet paper should be easily accessible for the children, and the toiles should be able to easily flush.

How this regulation can be delivered:

- Have at least one toilet that can flush good and one wash basin for every 10 children.

- The toilets, sinks, and counter tops should be an appropriate size and height for children if possible. If the sinks and toilets are too high, step stools and potties should be provided.

- There should always be enough liquid hand soap, disposable towels, both hot and cold water should be running.

- Clean and disinfect both toilets and potties after each use.

- Teach children the importance of hand washing properly after eating, and using the toilet/potty.

-Lisa Parker:)

What it means: garbage that comes from waste of preparations, cooking, and eating foods I.e out dated food. Other ones that is disposable diapers or any other things like broken toys, books and scraps of paper etc. Garbage is to be removed everyday of the week ready to be taken out to the bin & by the garbage truck to go the dump. There are annual inspections by the regional Early childhood officer.

How: Garbages are sealed in plastic bags and taken out to the bin everyday. Always make sure that the animals(birds, dogs) can’t get into the garbage bins so they don’t make any messes, can use a wood or metal to cover the garbage bins.

Make sure all staff know the weekly schedule for garbages.

Hattie AN

It is to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria and viruses between children and staff.

This also means that the EHO is satisfied that the toilets can flush. These washing areas should always have liquid hand soap, paper towels and extra in storage. This facility should also have both hot and cold running water in order to keep the business running.

Details on how this regulation can be delivered at your centre.

These facilities should have well functioning toilet systems for every 10 children to use, they should also have a washing station that they can reach themselves, it is crucial to have hand soap, paper towels and toilet paper at our centres.

•it prevents spreading germs and viruses

•keeping clean protects sensitive skin

What it means to have this regulation:

•there is a safe place to bathe infants and young children

•cold and hot temperatures are a regulation

•it is appropriate for infants and not adults

How?

These infant tubs are a non-slip surface, there are clean towels for each child, us staff never leave them unattended with filled tubs and it is disinfected after each use.

Why this is a regulation:

•diapering is one of the most highest risks to infection

•it is separate from toddlers diaper area to prevent cross-contamination between infants and toddlers

What it means to have this regulation:

•diapering areas are separate from food preparation and play areas

•there is a step by step routine that staff follow for each diaper change

How this regulation is/can be delivered at our day care

•gloves! Are used for this purpose

•we do not do diaper changes on couches, floors or mats, there is a specific mat used for diaper changes.

Why this is a regulation:

•reduces odours, infestation of bugs and bacteria

•prevents illnesses

What it means to have this regulation:

Garbage must be removed at the end of each day

These wastes cannot be accessed to, by children

How we can deliver this to our day care:

Diapers are placed in diaper genies

No garbage bin is overflowed

“Every operator shall provide a diapering area that meets the approval of a health care professional for all children who require diapering ” means the facility must have a designated area to change diapers, which the health inspector must approve of.

We educators can and do have diaper genies, a diaper changing table for the infant side of the daycare and diaper changing pads for the pre-school side. These are all in a separate area from food preparation and eating areas. It is also convenient and a must have to have a step-by-step procedure for diaper changing.

-Robin

It is important to remove because it isn’t safe for everyone to smell the ordors…

What it means?

It means cleaning, and keeping it fresh everyday….

How?

Cleaning it, putting new garbage bags everyday, airfreshning before putting new garbage bags would be great also..

-krisy

WHAT IT MEANS? Garbage means left over food, meat containers, expired food, dirty diapers, scraps of paper, boxes and broken toys. Every garbages inside the daycare must be removed everyday and be put in the garbage bin outside. EHO will ask the garbage trucks to remove the garbages outside the daycare.

HOW? Put all tied up garbage bags in the garbage bins outside everyday. Make sure the Hamlet office knows to get the garbage truck to pick up the garbages at the daycare. Clean and wipe down any leakage that the garbage leaves.

WHAT IT MEANS: A clean and sanitized space can reduce the spread of bacteria and viruses infections towards staff and children.

HOW: Once the children are done changing, spray with a bleached water bottle, leave for about 30 seconds, after 30 seconds wipe with a cloth or paper towel. Repeat each time children are done changing diapers.

-Hillary

Why: we always make sure to wipe the diapering changing area to prevent the spread of germs, especially if they had any kind of virus or a flu.

What it means: the operator must follow Nunavut diapering procedures. We follow our schedule for diaper changing each day. We worked as a team in our centre.

How: we separate diapers for each child and put their name on the diaper holders, we always make sure there’s enough pampers, wipes, diaper rash cream and sanitizing wipes by the following week. We have two washroom’s and in both washroom's we have diaper changing area so we can wash our hands every time we changes diapers and sanitized it after we used it.

-Annie