medical / health

To keep your children healthy and safe, we follow the recommendations from the Staying healthy in childcare Edition 6.

Every education and care service must ensure that risks associated with infection are prevented or minimised as far as is reasonably practical. This includes having strategies to:

• prevent or minimise exposure to infectious diseases

• safely store and minimise exposure to chemicals used to manage infection risks

• ensure that infection control practices are implemented and maintained.

How infections spread in education and care services

Infection control is a shared responsibility. Management (including approved providers, service leaders and managers) and staff (including educators, other staff and volunteers) and parents all have roles to play.

 The way that children interact with each other and with adults in education and care services means that diseases can quickly spread. Children, especially younger children, have close contact with other people through playing or care and comfort routines. They often put objects in their mouths, and they do not always cover their mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing. Because some harmful germs can survive on surfaces, children may touch a contaminated surface, then put their hands in their mouth and become infected. 

Our policies and procedures including Medical clearances for all illness will support keeping our environment healthy for your children.