Health Matters
Illness & First Aid Policy
Please familiarise yourselves with the “Exclusion procedure for illness and communicable disease”. These are the minimum periods of exclusion and should be adhered to.
Staff care for the holistic needs of all the children that attend Si-lwli therefore the Senior staff may contact parents if the child becomes unwell or displays worrying symptoms. In the case of a serious accident or illness occurring the parents will be asked to collect their child immediately. In the unlikely event of the carer parent not being available the emergency contact persons will be contacted. If the injury needs immediate medical attention the paramedics will be contacted and a member of staff will accompany the child. All accidents are recorded in the accident book. A list of qualified first aiders is available on our Health and Safety board near the back door.
Staff must be convinced that the child has returned to good health before re-admitting him/her.
All parents will be informed of any communicable diseases experienced by any children at the nursery.
If any child has a chronic condition and needs special care, treatment or medication it is important the manager is informed to complete any further information forms.
Medication
Staff may only administer prescribed medicine, which is labelled with details of the child’s name, dose of medication and administration technique. We are happy to administer Paracetamol (calpol) for up to two consecutive doses without prescription but beyond that we recommend you seek medical advice. We do not keep paracetamol as stock in the nursery.
If a child has been prescribed antibiotics they must be at home for the first 24hours, which is the equivalent of three doses.
When the medication is brought into the nursery a “Medicine record sheet” must be completed. The parent/carer will need to note the time of the last dose given and sign the form. Two members of staff will witness the medication being administered and sign the form.
At the end of the day the parent/carer must sign that they have received the medication.
EXCLUSION PROCEDURE FOR ILLNESS/COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Disease/Illness / Minimum Periods of Exclusion from Nursery
__Antibiotics prescribed/ First day at home
__Temperature/ If sent home ill, child must be off for 24 hours
__Vomiting/ If sent home ill, child must be off for 24 hours
__Conjunctivitis / Keep at home for a minimum of 1 day; longer if eyes still weeping
__Diarrhoea / 24 hours or until 2 clear nappies
__Chickenpox / 7 days from appearance of the rash
__Gastro-enteritis, food poisoning, salmonellosis and dysentery / 24 hours or until 2 clear nappies or for notifiable diseases, until advised by the relevant public health official
__Infective hepatitis / 7 days from onset of jaundice
__Measles / 7 days from appearance of the rash
__Meningococcal infection / Until recovered from the illness
__Mumps / Until the swelling has subsided and in no case less than 7 days from onset of illness
__Pertussis (whooping cough) / 21 days from the onset of paroxysmal cough
__Swine Flu / 48 hours after symptoms have ceased. Child must be fully recovered before returning.
__Scarlet fever and streptococcal infection of the throat / Until appropriate medical treatment has been given and in no case for less than 3 days from the start of treatment
__Tuberculosis / Until declared free from infection by the appropriate public health official
__Typhoid fever / Until declared free from infection by the appropriate public health official
__Impetigo /Until the skin is healed
__Pediculosis (lice) / Until appropriate treatment has been given
__Plantar warts / No exclusion. Should be treated and covered
__Ringworm of scalp / Until cured
__Ringworm of body / Seldom necessary to exclude provided treatment is being given
__Scabies / Need not be excluded once appropriate treatment has been given