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Acton Early Childhood Centre Handbook

Sickness Policy

If a child is sick, the staff should be notified of the absence by 9.30am. It is essential that contagious diseases be reported immediately. Children are to be excluded in accordance with the AECC Health Policy and the ACT Health Dept Guidelines for Exclusion from Child Care. The final decision as to whether a child is fit to attend rests with the Director (or in her absence, the Senior staff). Members are bound to comply with their recommendations. Parents are requested to collect their child within half an hour of being notified of an illness.

Illness Records

All illnesses occurring at the centre will be recorded on the AECC Illness Record Form. Parents are required to sign this form on collecting their child to acknowledge that staff have informed them of the signs and symptoms displayed, treatment given and exclusion recommendations or requirements. Note that regardless of sickness, booked care days must be paid for.

Medications

All medications must be clearly labelled, showing the child's name, the name of the medication and the dosage. Medications must be handed to the Senior in the room for safe storage in the child-proof medication box or the refrigerator.

A medication permission form must be completed for each course of medication and signed by the parent. The daily Medication Form must also be completed each time you wish the medication to be administered. The Medication forms are located in folders in each room Medication is only administered by Senior staff and is checked and witnessed by a second member of staff . Staff cannot administer medication without the written permission of the parent or guardian.

Homoeopathic and herbal medications will not be administered. Over the counter medications such as Dimetap or Cough medicines will be given as a one off only, if treatment is to be on-going staff will require instructions from a doctor.

Immunisation

It is the policy of the centre that all children, except those with medical reason, must be immunised according to the ACT Immunisation schedule. Children who have been immunised outside of the ACT will need to have their immunisation information transferred to an ACT Immunisation Record Form by their GP or a local health clinic.

Up-to-date immunisation records or a doctor's letter stating the reason for non-immunisation must be shown to the Director when registering at the centre. If parents refuse to comply with the Director's requests to show that their child's immunisation is up to date, the child will be excluded from the centre. If a family has difficulty in obtaining evidence of immunisation, or if it is not possible to obtain evidence, a statutory declaration or a blood test showing that the child is fully immunised must be obtained. See the centre's Health Policy for further details.

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