Teach

All staff members who work with young children are required to complete training to learn how to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Often, a nurse or health care professional provides this training. You can also help support staff members' learning. Make sure you are familiar with the resources related to infectious disease available in this Healthy Environments course.

您还需要教人员如何模拟与传染病相关的健康习惯。例如，确保工作人员知道如何覆盖自己的咳嗽以及如何使用适当的手套佩戴程序。提供围绕普通预防措施的持续培训：手套穿着，清洁和消毒程序等。

You will also need to make sure staff members know how to perform and document daily health checks. This includes recognizing when a child experiences illness or a health concern. Make sure you train new staff members on your program's exclusion policy. You may be called to help a staff member make a decision about whether a child is ill and needs to be sent home. Therefore, you must be familiar with the signs and symptoms of common infectious diseases and your program's policies. You may also be responsible for communicating with families when certain infectious diseases occur in your program. Be prepared to make sure staff members follow exclusion and readmission policies themselves: sick staff members can spread illnesses, too.

模型

你应该实践,防止扩散模型of infectious disease. Follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines for covering your cough and handwashing. You can also model talking to children about healthy habits. For example, if a child sneezes while you are in a classroom, you can remind the child to go wash his or her hands. You can also help staff members remember to wash their own hands and the child's hands after wiping a child's nose. It's OK to remind staff members and administrators to take steps to prevent the spread of disease, too. This helps promote a culture of healthy habits in your program.

You might be called when a staff member suspects a child is ill. Be prepared to conduct a health check and look for signs of illness. Follow your program's procedures for exclusion and readmission. In the event of an emergency or illness, model proper sanitation procedures in the presence of body fluids like blood, vomit, urine, or feces. Remain calm in these situations and help staff use their training. You might also need to supervise children while staff members respond to the emergency.

Observe

You may not see staff members respond to illness every time you observe in a classroom or program. However, when illness occurs, be prepared to make sure staff members follow your program's procedures for responding. You can observe and provide feedback on a staff member's calmness, appropriate response in caring for a child, and attention to health and sanitation protocols. Use theInfectious Diseases Best Practices Checklistresource in the Apply Activities section below to help document staff members' progress and knowledge of appropriate procedures.

案例:应对疾病

重要的是要考虑如何支持员工，因为他们回应疾病。这种情况示例显示了婴儿和幼儿课堂。您将看到不防止疾病传播的反应。在您观看视频时，请考虑工作人员应该采取的程序以及您看到的健康风险。还借此机会思考why您的计划具有它的健康和清洁度政策howthese policies help keep children healthy. Being able to articulate your policies to staff members is important, but it is also important to be prepared to talk about why and how those policies keep children and staff healthy.

案例:应对疾病

案例示例步骤1：制定计划

作为一个教练或教练,可能be necessary to help the child development or school-age team develop a plan about providing a healthy environment for children. This requires a team effort. Here is a sample plan that you might develop based on what you saw in the video:

Case Example Step 2: Provide Feedback

作为一个教练或教练,可能be overwhelming to think about what you might say to staff members about maintaining healthy habits. There are often many things you could talk about following any observation of a classroom or program. It is important to focus your feedback-in this case on responding to illness. You might say:

"You guys had your hands full today when your little guy got sick at the table. I know that's a non-contagious health concern for him and that you are working with his family. I want to talk, though, about the steps we need to take when children get sick or sneeze. Even if the child does not have a contagious illness, we need to treat all body fluids as if they could possibly spread illness. This is just good practice and a good habit to have. Let's talk about the steps to take the next time this child gets sick or sneezes…"

“教师常常先考虑孩子们和自己持续;我知道你对孩子们关心多少！但是洗自己的手是让孩子们健康的重要一步......”

案例示例步骤3：提供资源

作为教练或教练，您可以识别可能支持团队的资源。对于该案例的团队来说，早上做一支团队健康和安全检查可能很重要，以确保所有清洁用品都准备好并可访问。您可以帮助他们制作一个简单的流程图，他们可以在离散地点挂起，以提醒他们孩子生病的时间。您可能会提供副本Hand Hygiene Monitoring Tool(in Lesson Two) and ask the team to check themselves regularly.

响应疾病的其他例子

现在看看婴儿和幼儿，学龄前和学龄工作人员对疾病的额外例子。万博体育全站app您和所有工作人员必须保持警惕患病。相同的原则适用于年龄范围。随着儿童时代，他们变得更加独立：如果他们生病，他们可能会把它交给洗手间，或者他们可能独立吹鼻子。无论儿童如何独立，所有工作人员都必须遵守同样的普遍健康预防措施。

Responding to Illness: Infants and Toddlers

Responding to Illness: Preschool

Responding to Illness: School-Age

After completing their Healthy Environments course, staff members should understand and follow procedures for responding to illness whenever it occurs. Remember to observe, provide feedback, and offer resources as needed throughout an employee’s career. Needs will change, but your role always serves a critical mission.