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• Buy only washable toys. Get rid of non-washable toys. Individual non-washable toys may be assigned to a child and kept in the child’s cot for the use of that child only. • Wash toys daily in hot water and detergent, rinse them well and dry them. Many toys can be cleaned in the dishwasher. • All toys, including cloth toys and books, can be dried by sunlight. • It is useful to separate toys into baskets. The toys in each basket can then be rotated between washing one day and in use the next. • Books should be inspected for visible dirt and soiling. Books can be cleaned by wiping them with a moist cloth with detergent on it, and then drying them. Leave damp or wet books out of circulation until dry. 27 Draft for Public Consultation
Dealing with spills of blood, faeces, vomit, urine and nasal discharge Prevention is better than cure. Accidental spills and secretions of body fluids are a fact of life within a child care centre. Managing these spills includes: • Avoiding direct contact with blood or other fluids. • When cleaning or treating a child’s face which has blood on it, ensure you are not at eye level with the child. If you are at eye level and the child is upset, there is a chance, through their crying or coughing for their blood to enter your eyes or mouth. • Wear gloves if possible. • Cover any cuts and abrasions on your hands with a waterproof dressing. Healthy skin is an effective barrier against you becoming infected from spilled blood and other body fluids. • Supervise children at all times; ensuring safety and safe play is a priority at all times. When a child is injured, there are several things you will need to do. These include looking after the child, sending for the first aid officer, checking that noone else has come in contact with the injured child’s blood, and cleaning up the blood. • Regularly toilet children. • Use disposable nappies rather than cloth. • Exclude children with diarrhoea and/or vomiting. The child • When attending an injured child who is bleeding, take care to avoid contact with the blood. • Comfort the child and move them to safety. • Apply pressure to the bleeding area. Use gloves if available. (If gloves are not available, take the first opportunity to get someone wearing gloves to take over from you. Then wash your hands.) • Elevate the bleeding area, unless you suspect a broken bone or fracture. • Send for the first aid officer. • When the wound is covered and no longer bleeding, remove gloves. Put them in a plastic bag and place the bag in the rubbish bin. • Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. The first aid officer • Wear gloves if there is time. • Dress the child’s wound with a bandage or suitable substitute and seek medical assistance. • Remove gloves. Put them in a plastic bag and place the bag in the rubbish bin. • Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water. 28 Draft for Public Consultation
Page 1 and 2: Staying Healthy in Child Care Preve
Page 3 and 4: Salmonella……………………
Page 5 and 6: How infections spread There are fou
Page 7 and 8: Blood Some infections are spread wh
Page 9 and 10: • Encourage parents to tell you w
Page 11 and 12: Sample report form for parent/docto
Page 13 and 14: Responsibilities of parents • Com
Page 15 and 16: Exclusion of sick children and staf
Page 17 and 18: for 24 hours Campylobacter Exclude
Page 19 and 20: Norovirus swelling goes down (which
Page 21 and 22: Hand washing Infections can be spre
Page 23 and 24: Cover your cough and stop the sprea
Page 25 and 26: the paper and do not reach the tabl
Page 27 and 28: Cleaning the centre Washing germs a
Page 29: Wear gloves when handling soiled li
Page 33 and 34: Sandpits Sandpits can be great fun.
Page 35 and 36: Immunisation Childhood vaccination
Page 37 and 38: antibiotic (neomycin). Reactions to
Page 39 and 40: Meningococcal C immunisation A sing
Page 41 and 42: Vaccine Key Hepatitis B Hepatitis B
Page 43 and 44: Mumps - contagious virus spread by
Page 45 and 46: Parent Advice Sheet Commonly observ
Page 47 and 48: 23vPPV 23-valent pneumococcal polys
Page 49 and 50: • Keep a non-mercury thermometer
Page 51 and 52: Occupational Health and Safety for
Page 53 and 54: Erythema infectiosum, also called p
Page 55 and 56: Part 2 Respiratory complaints Asthm
Page 57 and 58: Bronchiolitis Description Bronchiol
Page 59 and 60: Bronchitis Description Many childre
Page 61 and 62: Common cold Description The common
Page 63 and 64: Croup Description Croup is caused b
Page 65 and 66: Ear infections (otitis) Description
Page 67 and 68: Influenza Description Influenza is
Page 69 and 70: Pneumococcal disease Description Pn
Page 71 and 72: Runny noses (with green or yellow d
Page 73 and 74: Responsibilities of the parents Kee
Page 75 and 76: Treatment People with TB require an
Page 77 and 78: Controlling the spread of infection
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Make sure that effective hand washi
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with infectious diarrhoea should no
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Giardiasis Description Giardiasis i
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Norovirus Description Norovirus is
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Rotavirus Description Rotavirus is
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Salmonellosis Description Salmonell
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Shigellosis Description Shigellosis
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Worms: Pinworms Description There a
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Worms: Roundworm, hookworm and tape
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Chickenpox (varicella) Description
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Cold sores (herpes simplex) Descrip
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Parvovirus B19 (Erythema infectiosu
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Head lice (Pediculosis capitis) Des
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7. Comb each section twice until yo
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Measles Description Measles is a hi
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Molluscum contagiosum Description A
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Responsibilities of parents Observe
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Rubella (german measles) Descriptio
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Scabies and other mites causing ski
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Scarlet fever Description Scarlet f
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Thrush (candida) Description Thrush
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Treatment Warts will usually go awa
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Responsibilities of child care prov
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• not kissing infants on the mout
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Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
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Hepatitis A Description Hepatitis A
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Hepatitis B Description Hepatitis B
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Hepatitis C Description Hepatitis C
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HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus),
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Meningococcal infection Description
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Mumps Description Mumps is an infec
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Viral Meningitis Description Viral
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the invading organisms. Immunoglobu
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Useful Web Sites (Taken from Health
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References 1 You’ve got what? 200
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38 Parenting and Child Health - Cro
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79 You’ve got what? 2004. Fifth d
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118 You’ve Got What? Meningococca
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