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Macon County Environmental Health
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1830 Lakeside Drive, Franklin, NC 28734
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tele: (828) 349-2490
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fax: (828) 349-4136
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Office Hours:
M - F 8AM - 4:30 PM
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HANDWASHING GUIDELINES
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* Employees shall be instructed that hand washing is the single most important line of defense in
preventing the transmission of disease-causing organisms.
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When Should Hands Be Washed?
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STAFF:
- Employees shall wash hands upon arrival at the child care center.
- Immediately before handling food, preparing bottles, or feeding children.
- After handling food.
- Before handling clean utensils or equipment.
- After using the toilet, assisting a child in using the toilet, or changing diapers.
- After handling of body fluids (e.g., saliva, nasal secretions, vomitus, feces, urine, blood, secretions from sores, pustulant discharge).
- After handling soiled items such as garbage, mops, cloths, and clothing.
- Whenever hands are visibly soiled.
- After removing disposable gloves.
Children:
- Children shall wash hands upon arrival at the child care center.
- After each diaper change or visit to the toilet.
- Immediately before eating meals or snacks.
- Before and after water activity.
- After playing on the playground.
- After handling animals or animal cages.
- Whenever hands are visibly soiled.
How to properly wash hands:
- Always use warm, running water and a mild, preferably liquid soap;
- Wet the hands and apply a small amount of liquid soap to the hands (dime to quarter size);
- Rub the hands together vigorously with the soap and tempered water for 15 seconds;
- Be sure to wash all surfaces of the hands, including the backs of hands, palms, wrists, under fingernails, and between fingers;
- Rinse hands well for 10 seconds, leaving the water running;
- Dry hands with a paper towel;
- Turn off the faucet with the paper towel.
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DAYCARE CENTERS
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Potty & Diapering Procedures
- Is the surface smooth and easily cleanable?
- Are you using a solution of soap/water prior to sanitizing?
- Is the sanitizer at 100 ppm?
- Is the contact time appropriate?
- Are you cleaning and sanitizing the toilets?
- Is there enough toilet paper?
- Is there soap?
- Is the water between 90 and 110 degrees?
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ARE YOU WASHING RIGHT?
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Employees shall be instructed that handwashing is the single most important line of defense in preventing the transmission of disease-causing organisms.
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- Employees shall wash hands upon reporting for work
- Before and after handling food;
- Before feeding infants or children;
- Before handling clean utensils or equipment;
- After toileting or handling of body fluids (e.g., saliva, nasal secretions, vomitus, feces, urine, blood, secretions from sores, pustulant discharge);
- After diaper changing;
- After handling soiled items such as garbage, mops, cloths, and clothing;
- After removing disposable gloves.
- Children shall wash hands upon arrival at the child care center;
- After each diaper change or visit to the toilet;
- Before eating meals or snacks;
- Before and after water activity and outdoor play;
- And after handling animals or animal cages.
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Proper handwashing procedures shall include:
- Using soap and tempered running water;
- Rubbing hands vigorously with soap and tempered water for 15 seconds;
- Washing all surfaces of the hands, to include the backs of hands, palms, wrists, under fingernails, and between fingers;
- Rinsing well for 10 seconds;
- Drying hands with a paper towel or mechanical dryer;
- Turning off faucet with paper towel.
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these Daycare Guidelines
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Diapering & Diaper Changing Guidelines
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- Diaper changing surface must be smooth, non-absorbent (waterproof), and easily cleanable (no cracks or tears).
- Diaper changing surface shall be kept free of storage.
- Clean the diaper changing surface with a mild solution of water and detergent after each use.
- Label the cleaning solution.
- Sanitize the diaper changing surface with a solution of 100 ppm chlorine. The sanitizing solution must be in a separate, properly labeled, hand pump spray bottle.
- Check the strength of the sanitizer with chlorine test strips. Keep the test strips available at all times.
- To sanitize: spray the chlorine solution on the diaper changing surface, allow it to air dry or spray the chlorine solution on the diaper changing surface, wait a minimum of 2 minutes, then dry with a paper towel.
- Store the cleaning solution and the sanitizer out of reach of the children.
- All items such as, baby powder, lotion, ointment, Vaseline, etc. that has a warning label “Keep out of reach of children” must be stored in a locked cabinet.
- Caregivers must use disposable gloves if they have cuts or sores on their hands, or chapped hands. * Hands must be washed after removing the gloves.
- Caregivers may dispose of feces in diapers in the toilet, but clothes, training pants, or cloth diapers can not be rinsed out. Store soiled items in a closed plastic bag and send home daily.
- Dispose of soiled disposable diapers in a cleanable, plastic lined, covered container and remove to an exterior garbage area at least daily.
- The children’s hands must be washed in the lavatory after each individual diaper change or infant's hands may be cleaned using single use, pre-moistened towelettes.
- Caregivers must wash their hands after each individual diaper change.
- Instructional signs must be posted showing proper diaper changing and hand washing techniques.
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Diapering & Diaper Changing Guidelines |
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