Tables... How long
What is Sanitize... 2 minutes or until dry
Water table cleaning, when and how...
What is everyday, after soiled, sneezed or coughed in or between different groups. Clean with soap and water then sanitize.
Where should an ill child be taken....
Where is the illness tent by the directors desk
Baby wipes are....
ok when no sink is available followed by hand sanitizer
ok for cleaning with soapy water but paper towels are better.
what do you do after an ill child is picked up...
Get new gloves, clean with warm soapy water and disinfect all things touched by the child, dispose in a seperate bag ppe, cleaning stuff etc. report in the illness log,
Counters... how long
What is sanitize and 2 minutes or air dry
Sensory table cleaning, when and how...
Each week, after sneezed or coughed in, visibly dirty. Clean with soap and water then sanitize.
do you need PPE for an ill child... what
yes
Gloves
mask (in some cases)
The 6 steps of handwashing....
1. Moisten hands with warm running water;
2. Apply soap;
3. Rub hands vigorously until a soapy lather appears;
4. Continue washing for at least 20 seconds outside of the water, rubbing areas between fingers, around nail beds, under fingernails, under jewelry and the backs of hands;
5. Rinse hands under warm running water until they are free of soap and dirt; and,
6. Dry hands with a disposable towel.
You can use another child's medication on someone else...
NO>>>>
Wet, warm, not yours...
What is Disinfect and air dry
Dress up, stuffed animals, and cloth of any sort are washed when...
What is weekly or when visibly soiled or touched by bodily fluids.
3 reasons to send an ill child home....
What is fever over 100.4
Vomiting more than once
diarrhea more than twice
3 Rules of hand sanitizer
Keep out of the reach of children
When handwashing is not available
After washing hands
3 animals not allowed for 5 and under...
Psittacine birds
ferrets
primates
poisionous spiders, insects, reptiles
anphibions,
chickens
ducks
reptiles
toilets...
What is disinfect and air dry
Shelves, bins, and plastic are cleaned and sanitized...normally... times of sickness (i.e. COVID or flu season)
What is weekly for normal and daily for times of sickness
If a child is sent home, how long before they can return to care?
24 hours symptom, fever, and medication free (48, if many are sick with the same thing)
Sing our song...
Tops and bottoms
Tops and bottoms
in between, in between
all around our wrist all around our hands
Almost clean, almost clean
Tops and bottoms
Tops and bottoms
in between, in between
all around our fingers underneath our nails
now their clean now their clean
Can you use "food" in a sensory table..
Yes, but no longer than a week, or dump when visably soiled, and mark the bag "NOT FOR CONSUMPTION" also encourage children to not eat it.
The process for sanitizing or disinfecting....
BONUS WORTH DOUBLE.... disinfecting and eating or play surface
What is clean with warm soapy water, spray with plain water, sanitize/disinfect, 2 minutes or air dry. BONUS what is clean with warm soapy water, disinfect, air dry, 5 minutes, then clean with warm soapy water, sanitize and air dry, 2 minutes
Cots are cleaned and sanitized...
What is between children, daily sanitized, or weekly if labeled
Once a child has been identified as to ill to be in childcare what should you do....
Call parent
place illness tent 3 feet away from anyone
make child comfortable (cot, blanket, etc)
fill in the illness log
13 times to handwash...
1. Upon arrival for the day and after breaks;
2. When caregivers move from caring for one group/classroom of children to another;
3. Before and after:
a. Preparing food or beverages;
b. Eating, handling food, or feeding a child;
c. Giving medication, applying a medical ointment or cream or administering first aid; and,
d. Setup or use of a sensory table.
4. After:
a. Using the toilet or assisting a child with toileting;
b. Diapering each child;
c. Handling body fluids;
d. Handling animals or cleaning up animal waste;
e. Coming in from outdoors;
f. Cleaning or handling garbage; and,
g. At any other time that hands become soiled.
10 things In a first aid kit....
gauze pads,
rolled gauze,
adhesive tape,
cold pack,
plastic bags,
disposable gloves,
band-aids,
baby wipes and
hand sanitizer,
scissors,
shall be provided and kept in clean storage, conveniently located and available to staff for emergency use and inaccessible to children.