Medical precautions and procedures

(1) Providers should be aware of symptoms of common illnesses and be able to recognize them. Health and hygiene inspection should be carried out on each child and visits from the public health nurse should be encouraged whenever possible. (2) Providers and staff should be in good health and take precautions to minimize the spread of infections. (3) An outbreak of any communicable disease (whooping cough, chicken pox, measles, etc.) should be immediately reported to the public health authority and all parents should be notified. 36 Social Service Agencies (4) Each day care facility should have a separate room or partitioned area (where possible) to be used for any child who becomes sick or injured while at the facility. This area should contain a cot, mat, or bed. (5) Medicines brought in by parents should be labelled clearly with the child’s name and instructions for use. The provider or designated staff member at the facility should be responsible for administering the medicine.