Health and Sickness.docx

Health and Sickness [[https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/prevention/Pages/Prevention-In-Child-Care-or-School.aspx]](https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/prevention/Pages/Prevention-In-Child-Care-or-School.aspx) Measures to Promote Good Hygi...

Health and Sickness [[https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/prevention/Pages/Prevention-In-Child-Care-or-School.aspx]](https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/prevention/Pages/Prevention-In-Child-Care-or-School.aspx) Measures to Promote Good Hygiene in Child Care: ----------------------------------------------- **To reduce the risk of disease in child care settings as well as schools, the facility should meet certain criteria that promote good hygiene.** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [[https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-play/Pages/When-to-Keep-Your-Child-Home-from-Child-Care.aspx]](https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-play/Pages/When-to-Keep-Your-Child-Home-from-Child-Care.aspx) Common Sicknesses in Child C​are: --------------------------------- The viruses responsible for colds or the flu cause the most common sicknesses in child care facilities. Even though your child has had immunizations, he or she can get still get viruses causing colds, sore throats, coughs, vomiting, and diarrhea. **Children of any age will experience a lot of infection in their first year of group child care. However, if a first year of child care is during infancy, a child may have as many as 8 to 12 colds more than a child would have if cared for at home without exposure to siblings or other children. During the second year of child care attendance, the number of respiratory illnesses begins to decrease because exposure to so many germs causes rapid development of the immune system. Diarrhea occurs once or twice a year in the typical child.** AAP Child Care Recommendations for Exclusion: --------------------------------------------- The primary reasons for exclusion from child care or school are that the condition: - - - A​ny child with respiratory symptoms (cough, runny nose, or sore throat) and fever should be excluded from their child care program. The child can return after the fever associated with these symptoms has resolved (without the use of [fever-reducing medicine](https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/fever/Pages/Medications-Used-to-Treat-Fever.aspx)). To reduce the risk of becoming sick with the flu, child care providers and all the children being cared for must receive all recommended immunizations, including the [flu vaccine](https://www.healthychildren.org/english/safety-prevention/immunizations/Pages/Prepare-Your-Family-for-Flu-Season.aspx). The single best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. This critically important approach puts the health and safety of everyone in the child care setting first. The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone 6 months of age and older, including child care staff. *Note: Children 6 months through 8 years of age may need two doses spaced one month apart to get the full benefit. These children should receive their first dose as soon as the vaccine is on hand in their community.* ### ​Conditions that require exclusion include: - - - - - - - - ### Other conditions with specific diagnoses as follows: - - - - - - - - When It\'s OK to Stay in Child Care: ------------------------------------ **Except during outbreaks of influenza, as long as the first two criteria are met, children [do not] need to be excluded for:** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -