Cleaning
What is the correct way to clean plastic puzzles and board books?
Bonus: how often?
Use a disinfectant wipe. Do not spray or immerse in water.
Bonus: Once a week, or when dirty (for example when the item has come in contact with saliva or snot, or is visibly dirty from being handled by the children)
When should you sanitize your meal time tables and change area tables
Before and after each use
When should we wash our hands
Upon entering the program, after being outside, before and after eating or participating in meal time routines, before or after wiping a Childs nose, after you cough or wipe your nose, after coming in contact with bodily fluids such as saliva or snot, after diapering or assisting in the bathroom.
What is the correct measurement of quats solution (ppm) for dining areas and toys that children place in their mouths?
a) 170
b) 220
c) 300
b) 220 ppm
according to the diapering procedure poster, how many steps are involved in changing a child effectively and safely.
12
What is the correct way to clean keyboards, and accessories such as mice or video game controllers?
Bonus: How often?
Use a disinfectant wipe. Do not spray or immerse in water.
Bonus: Once per week, or when ever the material comes contact with saliva or snot, or is visibly dirty.
True of false: You only need to use warm soap and water when sanitizing meal time tables and the change area
False: You must use the approved sanitizing solution (quats)
true or false: If you wear plastic gloves while changing a diaper, you don't have to wash your hands
False. You must always wash your hands (sanitize if hand washing station isn't available) after diapering or assisting in the bathroom.
What environmental surfaces can be sanitized with quats solutions other than toys and dining areas?
floors, walls, play tables, chairs, door handles, light switches, and diaper change areas
outline the first step in the diapering procedure
Wash your hands, and gather the diapering supplies (diapers, wipes, gloves, disinfecting solution, etc.)
How and when should you wash the chairs in your program rooms?
Prepare a bucket or sick with warm soapy water, use a cloth and this solution to clean the chairs. One the chairs are cleaned, spray an approved sanitizing solution such as quats on to the chair and wipe with a clean cloth or paper towel. Chairs should be cleaned at least once a week, or when visibly dirty after meal times, art experiences, etc.
Outline the 5 steps necessary for washing and sanitizing plastic toys that have been mouthed, beginning when you collect the toy from the child/environement
1. mouthed toys should be placed in a designated and clearly labeled container out of reach of children until it can be sanitized and returned to the environment
2. Submerge and scrub the oyster in warm soapy water
3. Rinse toys with clean water thoroughly
4. Submerge or spray the toys with the approved sanitizing solution
5. Air dry
what are the 6 steps for proper handwashing procedure
1. Rinse hands with warm water
2. Add soap to palms and rub hands together to create lather. Thoroughly cover all surfaces of your hands and fingers (including nails) and rub for 15 to 20 seconds.
3. rinse under warm running water.
4. Dry hands thoroughly using single use paper towel or hand dryer
5. throw single use paper towel into the garbage
6.turn off the tap with a clean single use paper towel
The hierarchy of controls is a tiered approach of measures and interventions used to reduce the spread of illness. What are they? (5)
Elimination
Substitution
Engineering controls
Administrative Controls
Personal protective equipment
When following the diapering procedure, how many times should one have washed their hands by the time they are complete?
3 times
During step 1, 7, and 11
True or false: You only need to remove and launder the plush toys and dress up clothing if there is an outbreak of illness in the program.
False, this must be done weekly in addition to when there is an illness outbreak.
What two things can we do to maintain the children's health and safety in regards to use and storage of the sanitizing solution?
1. Do NOT spray the solution near the children
2. Keep the solution out of reach of the children at all times
For an infection to occur, a series of events need to take place, often referred to as the “chain of infection.” Breaking any one of the six links in the chain of infection will prevent infection from occurring. What are the six links.
1. germs - agent
2. where germs live - reservoir
3. how germs get out - portal of exit
4. germs get around - mode of transmission
5. how germs get in - portal of entry
6. next sick person - susceptible host
outline proper coughing and sneezing etiquette
After sneezing or coughing into a tissue (or sleeve), put used tissues into the garbage and perform hand hygiene immediately.
Tissues should be available for use throughout the child care facility.
Cough etiquette posters placed around the child care facility.
This should be modelled, taught, and reinforced regularly to prevent the spread of respiratory secretions to others.
Some children and students may need assistance with performing cough etiquette.
True of false: if a child is in cloth diapers, it is the centres responsibly to clean and launder soiled diapers
False. It is the parents responsibility. Soiled cloth diapers will be bagged and placed into a diaper pale until pick up.
True of false: when washing plush toys, you should only use cold water
False, plush toys should be laundered on the hottest temperature allowable
How long must quats remain on a surface to adequately kill the germs
a) 30 seconds
b) 2 minutes
c) 5 minutes
b) 2 minutes
How germs get around
What are the three modes of transmission
a. contact
b. droplet
c. airborne
true of false; You must wear disposable gloves when doing laundry
True
true of false: it is okay to leave a child unattended on a change table if you are going to be fast
False, it is never safe for a child to be left unattended on a change table for any amount of time.