Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 432A - Services and Facilities for Care of Children
STANDARDS OF OPERATION
General Requirements
Section 432A.412 - Written procedures for washing of hands
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 432A.412
Current through September 16, 2024
1. Each facility must have written procedures concerning the washing of hands.
2. The staff of a facility shall follow the procedures of the facility concerning the washing of hands and shall instruct, monitor and assist the children being cared for at the facility to ensure that the children follow the procedures.
3. The procedures concerning the washing of hands must require, without limitation, that:
(a) The staff of the facility wash their
hands with soap from a dispenser and warm water:
(1) Any time that their hands come into
contact with blood, mucus, vomit, feces or urine;
(2) Before preparing or handling
food;
(3) Before engaging in any
activity related to serving food, including, without limitation, setting the
table;
(4) Before and after eating
a meal or snack;
(5) After using
the toilet, helping a child use the toilet or changing a diaper with or without
gloves;
(6) After attending to an
ill child;
(7) After handling an
animal;
(8) Before and after giving
medication to a child; and
(9)
After cleaning a container used to store garbage or handling garbage.
(b) The children being cared for
in the facility wash their hands with soap from a dispenser and warm water:
(1) Any time that their hands come into
contact with blood, mucus, vomit, feces or urine;
(2) Before handling food;
(3) Before and after eating a meal or
snack;
(4) After handling an
animal;
(5) After the diaper or
underwear of the child is changed;
(6) After playing in water; and
(7) After playing in a sandbox.
(c) The staff of the facility
shall ensure that:
(1) Each bathroom has
running water, soap and single-use or disposable towels; and
(2) Any common basin or sink which is filled
with standing water is not used for the washing of hands.
Added to NAC by Bd. for Child Care by R203-97, eff. 4-1-98; A by R047-98, 6-10-98; R112-06, 4-23-2009
NRS 432A.077
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