Equipment and Toys

All indoor and outdoor equipment and activity materials in a day care center should be used in a safe and appropriate manner both by the child and the employee and all of the manufacturer's instructions should be followed and used for its intended purpose and be used by the age-appropriate group of children.

Equipment and furniture should be free in a hazardous conditions. For example sharp rough edges or toxic paint and it should be left clean

Staff: Child Ratios and Supervision

 Children shall be supervised at all times!

Bathrooms

• Required facilities shall be provided in the following minimum ratios for the use of all children  
• Should be located on each floor
• Ventilation
• Supplies - easy reach of children and equipped with soap and toilet tissue
• Cleaned daily
• One working sink and toilet for every 25 students.

Diapering Areas and Practices

 the diapering areas shall be ventilated by functioning exhaust fans and a duct system or by the required amount of window space provided by operable windows when open

the diaper changing surface shall be cleaned with a disinfectant and dried with a single-use disposable towel

Infants and children shall not be left unattended while being diapered or having their clothes changed on the diaper changing surface

Field Trips

• Parental Permission: center shall obtain written permission for the child to  participate.
• Emergency medical information is needed for each child to include allergies; special medical needs and conditions; current prescribed medications that child takes or chronic condition should be listed along with contact and address information of child's doctor and medical facility.
• Each child on a  field trip should have on their person there name and the centers address and telephone number.

Hygiene

• Bathtubs and showers shall be cleaned with disinfectant after each use
• Children's hands shall be washed with liquid soap and warm running water
• Cups shall be discarded after each use unless the cups are sanitized in a dishwasher between EACH use
• Potty chairs after each use should be emptied by disposal in a flush toilet cleaned with disinfectant, and stored in bathroom