Staying Healthy in Child Care - National Health and Medical ...
Staying Healthy in Child Care - National Health and Medical ...
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Contents<br />
Part 1<br />
How <strong>in</strong>fections are spread……………………………………………………..... 2<br />
Watch<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>and</strong> record<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>fections <strong>in</strong> children……………………………... 5<br />
A child with a fever…………………………………………………………….. 6<br />
Adm<strong>in</strong>istration of medication…………………………………………………... 9<br />
Medication permission form………………………………………………….... 11<br />
Exclusion of sick children <strong>and</strong> staff…………………………………………….. 12<br />
Recommended m<strong>in</strong>imum exclusion periods……………………………………. 13<br />
H<strong>and</strong> wash<strong>in</strong>g…………………………………………………………………… 18<br />
Nappy chang<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> toilet<strong>in</strong>g…………………………………………………... 21<br />
Clean<strong>in</strong>g the centre…………………………………………………………….... 24<br />
Deal<strong>in</strong>g with spills of blood, faeces, vomit, ur<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong> nasal discharge………… 28<br />
S<strong>and</strong>pits…………………………………………………………………………. 30<br />
Animals…………………………………………………………………………. 31<br />
Immunisation…………………………………………………………………… 32<br />
Australian St<strong>and</strong>ard Vacc<strong>in</strong>ation Schedule……………………………………... 37<br />
Comparison of effects of vacc<strong>in</strong>es <strong>and</strong> diseases………………………………... 39<br />
Parent Advice Sheet…………………………………………………………….. 41<br />
Food safety……………………………………………………………………… 44<br />
Occupational health for child care workers…………………………………...... 47<br />
Part 2 Respiratory compla<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
Asthma………………………………………………………………………….. 51<br />
Bronchiolitis…………………………………………………………………….. 53<br />
Bronchitis……………………………………………………………………….. 55<br />
Common cold…………………………………………………………………… 57<br />
Croup……………………………………………………………………………. 59<br />
Ear <strong>in</strong>fections…………………………………………………………………… 61<br />
Influenza………………………………………………………………………… 63<br />
Pneumococcal disease…………………………………………………………... 65<br />
Runny noses (with green or yellow discharge)…………………………………. 67<br />
Sore throats <strong>and</strong> streptococcal sore throat (strep throat)………………………... 68<br />
Tuberculosis…………………………………………………………………….. 70<br />
Whoop<strong>in</strong>g cough………………………………………………………………... 72<br />
Part 3 Gastro<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>al compla<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
Campylobacter………………………………………………………………….. 74<br />
Cryptosporidiosis……………………………………………………………….. 76<br />
Diarrhoea <strong>and</strong> vomit<strong>in</strong>g………………………………………………………… 78<br />
Giardiasis……………………………………………………………………….. 81<br />
Norovirus……………………………………………………………………….. 83<br />
Rotavirus………………………………………………………………………... 85<br />
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