Items such as cleanliness of the patient's room, a functioning call button, clean and operable bathroom facilities, properly labeled medications, clean and sanitary food service operation, proper environmental temperature, and secured exit doors with functioning alarms are checked by Health Department staff. Any deficiencies are required to be promptly corrected. The results of our inspections are used by D.C.F.S. as part of their licensing process. The sanitarian inspect the food service sanitation of these facilities on a quarterly basis. In addition to day care centers, the Health Department staff, along with the fire department and the building division of the community development department, inspect day care homes twice each year.
Environmental staff inspect similar items that they look for during day care center inspections.
Besides the routine inspections, Health Department staff will conduct inspections of these facilities if a complaint is filed. If you would like to know more about the Health Department's inspection programs contact the Health Department at 933-8484. Donating blood is a simple process that takes only a short time and can save a life. Still many people don't donate for a variety of reasons. One of these reasons is that they don't know they are eligible to donate.