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Mid Gavin Nursery- Covid-19 Risk Assessment
Hazard | Who is at Risk? | Controls Required to Reduce Risk | Additional Controls | Who is responsible for Action | Assessment Date | Review Date

Spread of Covid-19 Coronavirus

All Service Users
Parents/Children/
Staff

Vulnerable Groups :
Pregnant service users
People with existing underlying health conditions

Visitors

Delivery Drivers

Hygiene
Hand washing facilities with soap and water in place. (20 sec)
Staff to wash hands before and when leaving playroom.  (20sec)
Enhanced hand washing throughout the day
Children’s hands to be washed when arriving and when leaving nursery.  (20 sec)

Gel sanitisers in areas where soap and water not available. 
All adults to use hand sanitiser on entering/exiting building. 
All adults should sanitize BEFORE touching the buzzers or code panels. 

Children’s hands will be washed when entering the building from outdoors.
Staff only to wear uniform on the nursery premises.  Change on arrival and when finished shift. 

Clean uniform to be worn daily.

Infection Control
All high touch areas to be cleaned regularly throughout the day, using Evans Est-eem (30 sec contact time) and blue roll.
Also phones, buzzers, ipads, laptops in rooms and entrance to premises, door handles, light switches, safety gates, tables, high chairs, chairs, cots, buggies.
Floors and rugs to be cleaned at end of session.
Soft furnishings and toys to be sprayed, using Fog It machine.
 
Beds  to be sprayed and dried using Evans Est-eem (30 sec contact time).  Bedding to be placed in child`s personal bed bag and laundered at end of child`s weekly attendance. 
Laundry to be washed and dried daily. 

Nursery will be treated using “Touch less disinfection” each month(Zoono)

Nursery has been Zoono 3 times now 

Nursery has been Zoono in Feb 21 before reopening

All staff to wear PPE when cleaning, changing nappies and emptying the bins.
Follow usual nappy changing procedure.

No tooth brushing to be carried out until further notice.

Groups (bubbles) of children and staff will be assigned rooms and resources specific to that group (Bubble).  Only use resources and equipment for allocated group. DO NOT SHARE. 

Bubbles are now larger but no more than 30 children in a bubble- 3-5 room has been divided into 2 separate rooms. Staff must stay in own rooms at all times
Room bubbles are now a maximum of 35 children.

Resources and equipment to be cleaned after each session, using Evans Est-eem (30 sec contact time). 

All dishes, cutlery to be cleaned in dishwasher. 

Ventilation
Open all windows safely and keep playroom doors closed where possible.

No sand to be used in playrooms until further notice. 

Sand can now be used in the play room but all tools used must be cleaned at the end of each session.

Water tray and toys washed at end of session. 
Play dough – must be made in advance and kept in individual labelled bags for children to use then stored in bubble tray. 
Or play dough is made on a daily basis

Children must play outdoors as much as possible throughout the day.
Use of garden toys- these must be specific to group (bubble) and cleaned at end of session. 
Split Placements 
No blended sessions will be offered to families until further notice. 

Blended sessions will only be allowed where necessary and  if children attend 2 nurseries on different days. Nurseries would contact each other if an outbreak occurred.

Deliveries
All deliveries to be left at front door Manager only to accept these.

Tesco /Asda
Manager/Cook to accept this and sign for.  Do not share pen. 

Social Distancing 
Staff and children must stay in designated small group (bubble) and use resources and equipment for that group.

Travelling 
Parents and staff using public transport must follow the guidance – wear mask or scarf for protection. 

Drop Off/Pick up
Parents must use hand sanitizer when entering and leaving building, hand over child at playroom door. Manager will monitor safe number of parents entering and leaving premises at one time. 

See new Coronavirua Policy-Staff Conduct & Compliance

Only 2 parents are allowed in the foyer at drop off and pick up times.
Masks must be worn

Daily Feedback
Daily feedback about child’s day will be short and staff will communicate this at a 2mtr distance from the parent.  

Masks
Staff are now required to wear a mask when giving feedback to parents, when entering and leaving the building, when moving around the nursery. 

Staff Breaks- staff must adhere to the 2m distance. 
Reduced working hours and shift patterns will enable this to happen safely. 

Staff must still adhere to 2mtr distance and are required to wear masks when on lunch and breaks and but not when eating or drinking.

Staff will use the Out of school building for breaks keeping to their own area and keeping a 2mtr distance.
Illness
Parents must not bring child if they themselves or child has temperature/cough.  
If these symptoms develop during the day the child will be isolated with a staff member who will wear a mask, apron and gloves while waiting for child to be collected.  

Staff with Symptoms must leave premises immediately and go for a test.  Results of this test whether negative or positive must be sent to the Office immediately.  The nursery will follow the government guidelines on isolating. 

Updated guidelines are that anyone who has been in contact with a person with Covid -19 should isolate for 14 days and get a test if they have any symptoms.

Isolation period has changed to 10 days.

Staff Training 
All staff will receive a return to work induction which will include training on enhanced infection control procedures, risk assessments and cleaning procedures for bubble and of other areas of the nursery.

Staff will receive training on the updated Risk Assessment and an induction procedure  prior to returning to the nursery.

Manager and Senior staff will be trained on how to use Fog It machine. 
Handyman to show staff how to use fog it machine

Support Staff
Manager will be available to meet confidentially with any staff member who may be anxious about returning to work, to support & reassure them.

Emergency  Evacuation Procedures 
In the event of a fire staff will follow new procedures in place which minimises large groups gathering at checkpoint. 

New staff to be shown evacuation procedure.

Hand washing diagram displayed at all sink areas

Nursery to have supply of Evans Est-eem readily available to top up spray bottles. 

Manager/Room Senior only operate Fog It machine. 

Rooms Seniors to organise laundry times. No laundry to be mixed from rooms. 

Certificates on display for parents and visitors

Nappy changing procedure displayed at changing area. 
Room Senior ensures PPE resources are available in rooms.

Room Senior inform Parents of no tooth brushing at nursery.  

Resources and equipment to be available in room, ready for use.  Staff will prepare rooms in advance of children’s sessions. 

Management will email parents of these changes

Room Senior to organise dishes to go to the Kitchen. 

Manager check this is adhered to. 

Coned off area will be used to create safe space for children to play outdoors. 
Room Seniors organise group (bubble) outdoor resources. 

Cleaning sheets

Manager to inform Parents of temporary stop to blended sessions. 

Communication with other nursery

Notice at front door all deliveries buzz office only. 

Temp sheet stored in the kitchen

These Bubbles may change in time due to rapid changes in guidance.  

Manager will inform parents when changes happen. 

Scottish Government Guidelines
Manager will email all parents and inform them of safe drop off and pick up Policy in place. 
Staff to read & sign to agree

Management have emailed parents to remind them of this rule and have signs up in the foyer
Manager will monitor this communication and ensure all parents and staff adheres to it.

Management will inform parents of this and will ask them to wear a mask at drop off and pick up times

Manager will organise and display shift/break rota for all staff. 

Management will monitor this 

Management will monitor this

Prior to re opening manager to email parents –
-Suspected Case of Covid -19 Policy
-Covid-19 Parental Agreement Form
-Covid-19 Return to childcare Questionnaire.

Manager will ensure Test and Protect info available to all Parents and staff. 

Contact NHS to arrange test:
www.nhsinformscot
0800 028 2816

Parents email us their test results as evidence

Manager will carry out inductions and staff meetings to ensure everyone has understanding of new procedures in place also how to respond if they show symptoms or if a child shows symptoms. 

Manager/Room senior will use Fog It machine.  

http://www.mind.rog/information-support/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/

Staff will be trained on the temporary evacuation procedures.

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