Healthy Childcare CentersChildhood

diseasesInfant/toddler Policies and

parent notification

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Insert Common Cold:1.Can you exclude a child from childcare settings?2.What can you teach children that can help prevent the spreading of common cold germs?3.When would you give aspirin for a common cold?4.If a fever accompanies a cold, can you exclude a child from a childcare setting?

Common Cold

InsertConjunctivitis, viral or bacterial (Pink Eye)

1.Can you exclude a child from childcare settings?2.What can you teach children that can help prevent the spreading of viral or bacterial pink eye germs?3.When would you give aspirin for pink eye?4.Which is contagious: viral conjunctivitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, or allergic conjunctivitis?

Insert Fever

1.At what temperature of a fever can you exclude a child from childcare settings?2.When would you give aspirin for fever?

Fever

IGastroenteritis (viral) nausea and diarrhea

1.When can you exclude a child from childcare settings?2.What can you teach children that can help prevent the spreading of gastroenteritis germs?3.When would you give aspirin for gastroenteritis?

Gastroenteritis, Viral

Influenza (flu)1.Can you exclude a child from childcare settings?2.When can the child be readmitted?3.What can you do to help prevent the spread of influenza germs?4.When would you give aspirin for influenza?

Influenza (Flu)

Diapering a child needs to occur in separate areas.

What areas of the childcare setting are childcare providers prohibited to diaper children in?

Explain how a childcare provider must wash an infant’s hands.

What steps must a childcare provider follow for diaper changing?

What must a childcare provider do in order to prevent spreading germs while diapering a child?

List at least 2.

Does rinsing diapers or clothes that have fecal matter on it spread germs?

Why or why not?

What emergency and medical procedures must you notify a parent about?

List 4

What emergency and medical situations must I notify parents about?

What operational policies must a childcare center have in writing that refer to health issues?

Operational policies

What health records must a childcare provider have for children in her care and how long must she keep them?

What records must I have for the children in my care and how long must I keep them?

What is a health statement that a childcare provider needs to have on each child in her care?

You must not admit an ill child under what conditions? This would be part of your exclusion policy. List 3

What should a childcare provider do to care for children who become sick while at the childcare settings?

What if a child becomes ill while in care?

What items must the first aid kit contain? List 6

What records must a childcare provider keep when I give medication to a child in your childcare setting? List 3 things that must be documented.

What records must I keep when I administer medication to a child in my care?:

Name 3 animals that pose a high risk for spreading salmonellosis.

List 3 things to do when you suspect a child is sick with a communicable disease.

When must children in your childcare setting wash their hands? List 3

When must children wash their hands?

What is the 4 step process Childcare Licensing requires for “sanitizing”?

What does Licensing mean when it refers to “sanitizing”?

List the Texas Childcare Licensing requirements for self-made disinfecting solutions.

What is a disinfecting solution?

What steps must a childcare take to ensure a healthy environment at your childcare setting? List 8

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What steps must I take to ensure a healthy environment for children at my child-care home?

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What steps must I take to ensure a healthy environment for children at my child-care home?

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What steps must I take to ensure a healthy environment for children at my child-care home?

What steps must I take to ensure a healthy environment for children at my child-care home?

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What steps must I take to ensure a healthy environment for children at my child-care home?

When must childcare providers wash their hands while caring for children? List 8