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32 | The reporting party (RP) alleged (1) Day care accepted child that was ill, (2) Staff did not notify authorized representative of child's illness (3) Staff did not take child's temperature, (4) Staff did not isolate child. During the staff interview on 08/23/23, LPA interviewed Staff #1 (S1) about the allegations. S1 stated they do not do wellness check anymore, but they observe the behavior of children and if they show symptoms of being sick. S1 stated they observe if there are any injuries. S1 also stated they notify parents immediately when child is not their normal self, and they check the temperature if there is a fever. If it is not an emergency, we continue to observe. If fever is 100 degrees and up, child needs to get picked up. S1 does not recall any child getting sick the week of Jul 31 to Aug 4. Staff #2 (S2) stated when they notice that a child has a different behavior, they start to check the forehead, observe if they do not eat and check the temperature. Staff #3 (S3) stated they observe children and check personality is off and behavior is not the same. S3 also stated she does not think anybody in her class was sick the week of Jul 31 to Aug 4.
During the investigation and staff interview on 10/05/23 regarding allegation about Staff did not notify authorized representative of child's illness, LPA interviewed Staff #2 (S2) stated C1 was fine and doing activities in the morning and snacking during movie time, then at around noon C1 told S2 that she was cold. S2 also stated” I thought probably she was in the air-conditioned room that’s why she was cold”. S2 also stated C1 was is not hungry and does not want to eat, so she did not have lunch. S2 mentioned S2 observed C1 was tired and fell asleep during lunch around 12:10pm until child representative picked C1 up at around 12:30pm. Based on S2 interview, S2 stated she spoke to C1 representative during pick up at 12:30pm the same day and reported that C1 felt cold and fell asleep during lunch. S2 also told representative that C1 looked tired. Staff #3 (S3) stated C1 was her normal self in the morning, at lunch time at noon C1 said she was cold. S3 gave C1 a jacket and had her “sit by the window where the sun is” S3 said. S3 also stated that C1 fell asleep where she was by the window. S3 stated S3 felt C1's head and it was not hot. S3 also stated they did not let the admin know and did not let C1 representative know because they think she was herself and nothing is unusual about C1 and it was almost pick up time.
Based on record review on 08/23/23 of the facility’s handbook, according to the facility’s Illness/Sick Policy, they cannot accept children who are ill. It is also said in the facility’s handbook that if the teacher or director feels that he/she is ill, the child will not be admitted.
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