Transcript Reality Check: At Risk for Preventable Diseases

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 Health Policies for Infection Control
 Prevention
 Protection
 Promoting Good Health
 Implications for Teachers
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Health Policies for Infection Control
 Health Policies should include:
 Mechanisms of disease spread
 Immunizations
 Sanitation
 Environmental quality control
 Caregiver methods and practices for minimum risk
and maximum health protection
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Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Spread
 Via germs and bacteria -
organisms that cause diseases
 Specific child care practices
that contribute
 Infants and toddlers mouth
toys, so are more likely to be
exposed to organisms that
cause disease
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Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Spread
 Respiratory Tract Transmission
 Most common
 Tiny droplets from eyes, mouth and
nose are in air
 Transmitted through air when
another person breathes it in
 They can multiply and cause illness
 Hand washing is major deterrent to
spread
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Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Spread
 Fecal Oral Transmission
 Germs from one person’s feces find their way into
another person’s mouth, are swallowed and get into the
digestive system
 Most common way is when hands are not washed after
toileting, before eating, or food preparation
 Water tables are another method
 Hand washing is major deterrent to spread
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Mechanisms of Infectious
Disease Spread
 Direct Contact Transmission
 Occurs when one person has contact with secretions
from an infected person
 Secretions can be left on doorknobs, toys, and other
objects
 Also occurs with parasites, such as lice  infestation
occurs with contact
 Good hygiene including hand washing and sanitizing
are deterrents to spread.
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Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Spread
 Blood Contact Transmission
 Occurs when infected blood of one person enters bloodstream of
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another person
Spread occurs when infected person has cut, scraped skin, or
bloody nose and person interacting with infected person has open
sore, chapped hands, etc.
Can also occur when mucous membranes come into contact with
infected blood
Disposable gloves should be worn when treating presence of blood
Child-biting becomes a serious issue
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Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Spread
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Universal Sanitary Practices
for the Early Childhood Education Environment
 Handwashing
 Use Universal Sanitary Hand
Washing Procedures
 Can you describe them?
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Universal Sanitary Practices
for the Early Childhood Education Environment
 Diapering
 Proper diapering
procedures should be
followed to avoid the
spread of infection
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Universal Sanitary Practices
for the Early Childhood Education Environment
 Toileting
 This is a good time to
teach children about the
importance of hand
washing
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Universal Sanitary Practices
for the Early Childhood Education Environment
 Cleaning, Sanitizing
and Disinfecting
 Define the difference
 What constitutes
contamination?
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Environmental Quality Control for
Disease Prevention
 Water Play
 Play Dough and Clay
 Air Quality
Monitor for disease prevention
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Reality Check: The Issue of Head Lice in the Early
Childhood Education Environment
 What about the “no-nits” policy—
Does it still work, or should it be thrown
out?
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Reality Check: At Risk for Preventable
Diseases
 Why do some children go unimmunized?
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Implications for Teachers
 Education
 For Families
 Role modeling
 Handwashing
especially important
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Implications for Teachers
 Cultural Competence
 Immunization
 Provide resources for connection to source for immunization
 Supervision
 Prevent spread
 Require and monitor immunizations
 Report some illnesses
 Exclude some children
 Be prepared
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