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Complete Health Policy
A child with a mild illness symptom that does not interfere with the child's participation in the day's activities, endanger the health of the other children, or require special care will be allowed to attend the daycare.
A child exhibiting the following symptoms or a combination of symptoms will not be admitted into the daycare until the symptoms have subsided as indicated below.
If child becomes ill while in care, he/she will be isolated and asked to be picked up immediately.
| SYMPTOM | DO NOT BRING CHILD UNTIL |
| Fever | No fever for min. 12 hours |
| Diarrhea | Diarrhea has ceased for min. 12 hours |
| Upset stomach, vomiting | No vomiting for min. 12 hours and child is eating normally |
| Pale/Flushed skin | Color returns to what is normal for child |
| Draining Sore | Draining stops, or scab begins to form |
| Chicken Pox | All sores have dried and crusted |
| Scabies/Head Lice | 24 hours after treatment has been completed. Need to be nit free. |
A child who exhibits the following symptoms will be excluded until he/she has been seen by a health care practitioner and the symptoms have subsided or treatment has been initiated.
| SYMPTOM | DO NOT BRING CHILD UNTIL |
| Severe cough or difficult breathing or wheezing | Cough has subsided and child breathes normally |
| Earache | Treatment has begun, pain abated |
| Rash, severe, weeping or pus-filled | Condition found to be non-contagious |
| Conjunctivitis/eye lesions | Treatment in effect min. 24 hours |
| Sore throat | If strep throat, bronchitis etc., treatment in effect min. 24 hours |
| Stiff neck & headache | Health official approves returning |
| Complaints of severe pain | Health official approves returning |
| Mouth sores | Health official approves returning |
| Impetigo | Treatment in effect for min .24 hours |
| Hepatitis/yellow color to skin or eyes | Health official approves returning |
| Shingles | Health official approves returning |
| Tuberculosis | Health official approves returning |
Please note that a return for these last reasons also requires that the child will be able to participate normally in the daily activities without requiring special care. A general rule is also that you do not bring a child with anything contageous even if it is not listed above.
Red Book 2000, American Academy of Pediatrics
Children should be excluded from the child care setting for the following reasons
- Illness that prevents the child from comfortably participating in program activities.
- Illness that results in a greater need for care than what the staff can provide without compromising the health and safety of other children.
- Fever, lethargy irritability, persistent crying, difficulty breathing or other signs of possible severe illness.
- Diarrhea or stools that contain blood or mucus or diarrhea that can not be contained in the diaper.
- Vomiting two or more times in 24 hours, unless the vomiting is determined to be caused by a noncommunicable condition and the child is not in danger of dehydration.
- Mouth sores associated with drooling, unless the child's physician or local health department authority states that the child is noninfectious.
- Rash with fever or behavior change, until a physician has determined that the illness is not a communicable disease.
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