Little Feet Childcare Centre aims to ensure that all adults and children are safe from infection and would take reasonable steps to minimize the spread of infection amongst all.
- Parents are requested not to send sick child/children to the centre.
- Parents must document in the enrolment form and inform the centre Manager/Supervisor/staff of their child’s allergies, special diet or health risks during enrolment.
- Staff and children with contagious or infectious disease will be excluded from attending the centre until medical clearance has been given.
- Parents will be asked to collect their sick child/children from the centre if in the opinion of the Manager/Supervisor/Staff, the child needs medical attention or is too unwell to participate in the centre programme.
- Any child who is picked up due to an Illness in the Centre, Illness Recording Chart must be filled.
- Parents who have been asked to collect their child are expected to do so as soon as possible, but no longer than one hour after been contacted by the centre.
- Staff and children need to be clear for 48 hours after the last episode of vomiting or diarrhoea before returning to the centre. In an event of an epidemic, this can be extended to 72 hours.
- Following three episodes of vomiting or diarrhoea at the centre, the Manager/Supervisor/Staff will contact the parent and request them to collect their child.
- If a child’s temperature is higher than normal (37 degrees Celsius) but less than 38 degrees Celsius, the child will be stripped and sponged with luke warm water by the staff with a current first aid certificate. The Staff will also offer the child fluids as required.
- If the child’s temperature is 38 degrees Celsius and more, the staff will contact the parent who will be requested to collect their child from the centre.
- Staff will administer paracetamol (or any other medication for high fever) only with prior written parental consent as stated in the Centre’s Medication Policy.
- The child will be excluded until the discharge from eyes have been cleared for 24 hours.
- The child will be excluded until the discharge from eyes have been cleared for 24 hours.
- The child will be excluded from the centre until all blisters have been dried out and upon presentation of a medical certificate.
- Any child/children found to have nits and lice will need to leave the centre as soon as possible. They will not be able to return until treatment has been done and no live nits are found walking on their scalp.
- Follow up treatment must be administered as per the product manufactures instructions.
- If a child has asthma, upon enrolment, parent must supply the centre with an “asthma action plan” from the child’s doctor. This asthma action plan will be kept in the medication folder and a copy will be filed with the child’s enrolment form.
- Any medications such as pumps, inhalers etc should be clearly labelled with the child’s name.
- This medication can either be kept in the centre or brought in each day the child attends and handed to a staff member.
- Antibiotic which has been prescribed to the child for the first time, the child must have been taking them for 24 hours before they can return to the centre. This is to allow time for the medication to begin working.
- Parents must ensure that their child’s immunisation must be up to date as per the Plunket guidelines.
- A copy of the child’s immunization record is required during enrolment. All other future immunisation records must be handed over to the office as soon as your child has been immunised.
- Any child diagnosed with any infectious disease, the parents must notify the centre immediately and the child needs to remain home until the clearance has been given by the doctor.
- In case of an epidemic, parents will be informed through newsletters and the Centre information board.
- Parents are requested not to send their child to the centre if they are infected of any disease for the period specified in the Ministry of Health guidelines.