§ 47.35 Personal Hygiene Practices; Staff and Child.
RCNY § 47.35
(a)Hand washing. Staff and children shall wash hands before and after toileting or diaper changes, after contact with a child in ill health, and prior to handling or preparing any food and after playing outdoors.
(b)Signs. Hand washing signs provided by or approved by the Department shall be prominently posted in each lavatory and by each sink.
(c)Individual personal care. Hair brushes or cloth towels shall not be provided for use. If toothbrushes, combs, or washcloths are provided, each child shall have items for his/her exclusive use and they shall be stored in an individually labeled container.
(d)Changes of clothing. At least one change of weather-appropriate clothing shall be available so that any child who soils clothing may receive a change. Soiled clothing and cloth diapers shall be handled in a manner that protects occupants from exposure to wastes and maintains an appropriately sanitary environment.
(e)Bathing. Children shall not be regularly bathed on premises; but shall be washed in case of accidents.
(f)Self-care/hygiene routines for night care programs. Permittees shall establish procedures and policies that require children to brush teeth at bedtime and after meals; comb hair upon awakening, and follow a routine for toileting, dressing and undressing.
(g)Safety precautions relating to blood. Permittees shall implement the following safety precautions for all staff having any exposure to, or contact with blood: (1) Disposable gloves shall be immediately available and worn whenever there is a possibility for contact with blood, including but not limited to: (A) Changing diapers where there is blood in the stool; (B) Touching blood or blood-contaminated body fluids; (C) Treating cuts that bleed; and (D) Wiping surfaces stained with blood.
(2)In an emergency, a child's safety and well-being shall take priority. A bleeding child shall not be denied care because gloves are not immediately available.
(3)Disposable gloves shall be discarded after each use.
(4)If blood is touched accidentally, exposed skin shall be thoroughly washed with soap and running water.
(5)Clothes contaminated with blood shall be placed in a securely tied plastic bag and returned to the parent at the end of the day.
(6)Surfaces that have been blood stained shall be cleaned and disinfected with a germicidal solution.
(h)Smoking prohibited. There shall be no smoking of tobacco or other substances, or use of e-cigarettes, in any indoor or outdoor area of any premises on which a program is located. (Amended City Record 9/20/2017, eff. 10/10/2017; amended City Record 6/12/2018, eff. 7/12/2018)
