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Flu Season is Upon Us -
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Help reduce the spread of flu and other infectious disease by making sure children and child care/early education providers are immunized!
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that all children ages six months to 18 years receive the flu vaccine annually.
Out-of-home care providers of children with high-risk conditions and healthy children younger than 5 years of age should also receive the influenza immunization.
Also caregivers and children should practice good handwashing to help prevent the spread of colds and flu in child care settings:
Wash hands before and after:
- Eating
- Handling Food
- Giving medication
- Playing in water that is used by more than one person
Wash hands after:
- Diapering
- Using the toilet or helping a child use a toilet
- Sneezing, wiping and blowing noses
- Handling uncooked food, especially raw meat and poultry
- Handling pets and other animals
- Playing in sandboxes
- Cleaning or handling the garbage
See the following for additional information on:
Immunizations
Vaccine Safety
Handwashing
New/revised state child care regulations posted on the NRC website during
the month of October:
Welcome to the National Resource Center for
Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC)
The National Resource Center is located at the
University of
Colorado Denver in Denver, Colorado, and is
funded by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
HRSA. The NRC's primary mission is to promote health and safety
in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.
The standard resource for information concerning
this subject is the Caring
for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards
Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, Second Edition
published in January 2002. The guidelines were developed through
the collaborative efforts of the American
Public Health Association, the American
Academy of Pediatrics, and the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau. The entire text of this publication
is available on this website.
Each state manages licensure of child care settings
in different ways. The licensure
regulations from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
are also available on this Website. The NRC updates this database
as changes are made.
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