KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER (NEW CASTLE) — DE childcare facility public record

Lifetime deficiency profile

38 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

38 citations across this facility's inspection history. Top 10 below — click any rule to read the plain-English summary, evidence inspectors look for, and how to fix.

Rule	Times cited	Sample narrative
`49U`	5	Indoor Space — Ensure walls are in good repair. - Patch and paint walls in one-year-old room, preschool room, and pre-k room. -Fix broken outlets in the pre-k room and school-age room. -Reattach molding in preschool …
`40U`	4	Child Files — Ensure child files are completed. Blood lead screening results for Child #3, 5, 8, 9, and 15.
`8U`	4	License Renewal — Ensure application is completed and submitted 60 days before license expiration date.
`50U`	3	Kitchen and Food Preparation — Ensure food is not stored on the floor. Move boxes off the floor. -Ensure all refrigerators have thermometers- Corrected at visit
`56U`	3	Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments — Ensure all nap mats are not torn. Remove or replace torn mats in one-year-old room, two-year-old room, and preschool room.
`30U`	3	Personnel Files — Ensure staff files are completed. Health appraisals with Tb for Staff # 12 and 13. Administration of medication for Staff #6 and 16. Health and Safety training for Staff # 1 to 17.
`53U`	3	Outdoor Area — Remove hazards from both playgrounds. -Remove broken toys from the preschool playground and remove the stack of chairs from the toddler playground.
`61U`	2	Diapering and Soiled Clothing — Ensure the foot-operated trachcan is within arm's reach in the two-year-old classroom.
`65U`	2	First Aid Kits — Obtain tweezers for first aid kit. Ordered at visit.
`43U`	1	Children's Attendance — Ensure attendance is completed and correct. -Two-year-old room had two children not signed in. -One-year-old room had one signed in after transiting. - Corrected at visit

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