How does SWIMkids USA handle a poop accident in the pool?
Working with children who are not potty-trained leads to…accidents! At SWIMkids USA, our procedure, as prescribed by the Maricopa County Health Department when a child has a bowel movement in the pool, is the following: • Evacuate the pool. Fortunately, we have three pools so that classes can continue in the other pools. At other swim schools with just one pool, they must schedule make-ups or give refunds. • Add cleansing chemicals to the pool. Students cannot return to that pool until after the prescribed time (usually 20-45 minutes). • Clean the pool. If there is debris, we vacuum the pool. For accidents involving urine, the pool chlorine kills any germs immediately. We require the use of cloth or vinyl reusable swim diapers for children who are not potty-trained rather than Huggies Swimmers-type which clog our filters due to the volume of children here. Reusable swim diapers are designed to catch bowel movements, not urine so put on a fresh diaper after swimming. The reusable diap
