Illness and Accident Policy
We strive to prevent illnesses at preschool. Teachers and children wash their hands with antibacterial soap after using the restroom and before eating snack. Tables, counter tops and toys are cleaned and disinfected several times a day. We encourage hand washing after the use of tissues as well. The following guidelines will be used to determine if a child should be excluded from preschool. All sick children must stay home. • Fever—oral or body temperature of 100 or higher without the aid of a fever reducer. • Runny Nose— If the child has a runny nose and the mucus is yellow/green and the child exhibits symptoms of an illness. • Diarrhea, vomiting (2 or more times in previous 24 hours), sore throat, ear ache. • Any unexplained rash (Impetigo, Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps, etc.). • Mouth sores associated with an inability of the child to control his or her saliva. • Conjunctivitis (defined as pink or red conjunctiva with white or yellow eye discharge, often with matted eye lids after sleep and eye pain or redness of the eyelids or skin surrounding the eye), until examined by a physician and approved for readmission. • Tuberculosis, until the child's physician or local health department authority states that the child is noninfectious. • Strep throat, until 36 hours after treatment has been initiated, and until the child's fever drops below 100. • Head lice until the morning after the first treatment. • Scabies, until after treatment has been completed. • Children with chicken pox should not return to school until all of the sores are crusted and there are no new eruptions. Children should be free of symptoms listed and/or on antibiotics for at least 24 hours before returning to school. If your child exhibits any symptom which results in more care needed than the staff can provide, you will be notified to pick up your child. We will not administer medication of any kind without written permission from the child's doctor. Cuts and scrapes will be cleaned with water, loved, and given a Band-Aid. If you have questions about whether to send your child to school, please call the school office. The judgment and decisions of the director regarding health matters will be final. Children of parents who repeatedly fail to abide by these guidelines are subject to being dropped from the program. We must protect the health of students and teachers. Accident or Injury/Incident Policy If your child becomes ill or is injured while at the facility, the following steps will be taken: Minor incident/injury: • The child’s parent or guardian will be called and notified immediately as to the injury or illness and the severity (this includes biting incidents or any incident that would leave a bruise). Parent instructions will be followed as to the course of action desired. • Simple first aid will be administered by a staff member for an injury or illness needing only minimal attention. • A medical/incident report will be completed by the classroom teacher for any minor injuries such as a scraped knee. The parent will sign the accident report and a copy will be placed in the child’s file. Serious injury: • The child’s parent will be called and notified immediately as to the injury or illness and the severity. • Emergency Medical Services will be contacted if the illness or injury requires more than minimal first aid medical treatment. If the illness or the injury requires treatment at a medical facility as recommend by the EMS technicians, the child will be transported and accompanied by a preschool staff member if the child’s parent is not yet available. We will use the closest medical facility deemed necessary. • The child’s file with all of the medical information will be taken and available to the EMS personnel. • An incident report will be completed by the attending medical personnel and a copy made available to the parent and one kept in our records. |