746.3417: Children Handwashing After Contact with Harmful Substance
Child-Care Centers
As of October 10, 2026, statewide records in this dataset list 773 citations across 630 providers.
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Medium High | 773 |
| Medium | 0 |
| Medium Low | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 |
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
Sample inspector narratives
A caregiver was observed to not wash an infant's hands or their own after diapering. Noted: This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was reminded to wash hands.
The caregiver did not clean the hands of a child after a diaper change. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver cleaned the child's hands.
After school Group B was observed eating snack without washing their hands prior to the snack meal served.
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