Illness

illness In case of an illness of a child staff will:

attend to the immediate needs of the child keeping them comforted and informed throughout
consult the Qualified Educator (if not available Manager) at all times before making any decision regarding the ill child
comply to recommended periods of exclusion for cases and contact with infectious diseases in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council
to contact the parent/guardian if exclusion period is necessary (should exclusion not be necessary the parent/guardian must be contacted and informed about the child’s illness in order for the parent to make a decision regarding a doctor, treatment etc)
to display the infectious disease poster at the sign in desk to inform staff and parents of current infection/s (or ask office staff to do so), and to inform office staff in order to complete the relevant illness record book