Transcript PP – Why Water Not Wipes

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Introduction
 Presenters
 Pre-Training Knowledge Measure
 Back Home
Plan
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Learning Objectives
 Give reasons behind the rigorous guidelines
for hand washing, diapering, and toileting in
infant and toddler settings
 Identify strategies that help prevent injuries
and infectious diseases for infants and
toddlers
 Explain how the behaviors of early care
providers can contribute to providing a
healthy and safe environment
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Illnesses in
Child Care Settings
What do you believe are the
most common causes of
illness in a child care
setting?
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Keeping Children Healthy
Challenges
 Young children entering group care have
immature immune systems
 Infants and toddlers have lots of hand-to mouth
activity
 Young children play and eat close together, so
germs easily pass from one person to another
 Many infections are spread by persons who do
not look ill
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Did You Know? Part I
GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE!
 2 to 10 million bacteria exist between fingertips
and elbows
 Damp hands spread 1,000 times more germs
than dry hands
 Number of germs on fingertips doubles after
using toilet
 Germs stay alive on hands for up to three hours
 Germs hide under watches, bracelets, rings
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How Infection Spreads in
Child Care Programs
 By direct contact with people or
objects
 By the fecal-oral route
 By the respiratory route
 Through blood, urine, saliva
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Just Another Day at the Office
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Did You Know? Part II
 Hand washing with soap is THE SINGLE
MOST cost-effective intervention to prevent
diarrheal-related deaths and disease
 Hand sanitizer should only be used when no
sink is available
 Hands must be washed to prevent spread of
disease even if gloves are used
 VDH recommends that caregivers/children
wash hands for at least 20 seconds
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Experimental Poll
 Everyone Stand Up!
 How long is 20 seconds?
 Let’s stand on one foot to
measure
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Hand Washing Song
(Sung to the tune of Row Your Boat)
Wash, wash, wash your hands
Make them nice and clean
Rub the bottom, rub the top
And fingers in between!
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When to Wash Hands:
Adults and Children
 When entering the classroom from outside
 Before and after handling food or feeding
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Before and after diapering or toileting
After contacting bodily fluids
When hands are visibly dirty
After touching animals
Before going home
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Diapering
Small Group Activity
 Divide into four groups
 Arrange diaper changing steps in
order
 As a group, stand up and yell
“Clean!” when done
 First group to get steps in correct
order wins a prize
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Diaper Changing Steps
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Prepare diapering supplies
Place child on table and remove clothing
Remove soiled diaper and place into trash can
Use wipes to clean child front to back and place wipes
in trash can
Use wipe on adult’s hands
Use wipe on child’s hands
Throw wipes away
Put on clean diaper and redress child
Wash child’s hands at sink
Clean and sanitize diaper table
Adult washes hands
Sanitize sink
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Cleaning AND Sanitizing
 Closely follow the recommended procedure
for cleaning AND sanitizing surfaces
 Spray with soap solution and wipe
 Spray with proper bleach solution (made
daily) and allow to sit for at least
10 seconds, but ideally at least
2 minutes, and let it air dry
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Other Ways to
Keep Children Healthy
 Maintain health records for children
 Exclude children from care when ill
 Notify parents when children are exposed to a
communicable disease
 Make sure everyone washes hands with soap
and RUNNING WATER
 Send caregivers to Medicine Administration
Training (MAT)
 Clean and sanitize potty chairs after each use
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Common Childhood Injuries
Suffocation
Poisoning
Burns
Drowning
Wounds
Choking
Falls
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Large Group Picture Activity
What hazard do you see and
how can an injury be prevented?
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Large Group Picture Activity
What hazard do you see and
how can an injury be prevented?
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Large Group Picture Activity
What hazards do you see and
how can an injury be prevented?
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What Can Caregivers Do?
 Be an informed advocate
 Use safety checklists to assess your
classroom environment
 Supervise children at all times
 Inform directors of needed improvement
 Share handouts on illness and injury
prevention with families
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Other Ideas
What other things can you think of that
caregivers might do to keep children
safe and healthy?
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Summary
 Young children are very susceptible to
disease
 Germs are everywhere; washing hands
with soap and running water is the best
solution to preventing disease
 Many injuries and
illnesses can be
prevented
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Resources
 www.healthychildcare.org
 http://www.cdc.gov/parents/infants/safety.html
 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infant-and-toddler-
health/MY00362/TAB=indepth
 Harms, T., Cryer, D., & Clifford, R. (2007). Family Child Care
Environment Rating Scale, Revised Edition. New York, NY:
Teacher College Press, Columbia University.
 Harms, T., Cryer, D., & Clifford, R. (2006). Infant/Toddler
Environment Rating Scale, Revised Edition. New York, NY:
Teacher College Press, Columbia University.
 Aronson, S., & Shope, T. (2009). Managing Infectious Diseases
in Child Care and Schools. Elk Grove Village, Il.: American
Academy of Pediatrics.
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Conclusion
 Back Home Plan
 Post-Training Knowledge Measure
 Evaluation
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