I remember when I went to my orientation before becoming licensed that one of the things that was covered was about cleaning. We were told to make a bleach/water solution to disinfect surfaces and that it must be made daily in order for it to work properly as well as being told that "natural" disinfectants were not yet approved for cleaning in childcare.
Today I called licensing because I wanted to know WHY the bleach/water solution had to be made daily (as in what happens to the solution to make it less potent). I just really wanted to know and do you know what I was told?!?!
I was told that in CA that we aren't required to use any particular cleaning supplies to disinfect anything including toys :confused:. We can use whatever we wanted and that the bleach/water solution thing was from CDR (Child Development Resources). I told her that I was confused and told her about my licensing orientation and she said that CDR staff conducts the orientations in my area. "It's a CDR thing" were her exact words.
So anyway, I just thought I'd share. I'm now going to pack up my bleach and am converting to either homemade or natural disinfectant.
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Today I called licensing because I wanted to know WHY the bleach/water solution had to be made daily (as in what happens to the solution to make it less potent). I just really wanted to know and do you know what I was told?!?!
I was told that in CA that we aren't required to use any particular cleaning supplies to disinfect anything including toys :confused:. We can use whatever we wanted and that the bleach/water solution thing was from CDR (Child Development Resources). I told her that I was confused and told her about my licensing orientation and she said that CDR staff conducts the orientations in my area. "It's a CDR thing" were her exact words.
So anyway, I just thought I'd share. I'm now going to pack up my bleach and am converting to either homemade or natural disinfectant.
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