Whenever you see children together, just know that infections can spread easily where they are. This is common among the toddlers and infants in a daycare facility. Toddlers and infants usually use their hands to rub their eyes and wipe their noses, and then use the same hands to touch other children and play with the toys. For this reason, each of the child care centres Sunshine West has today should have effective ways that promote good hygiene. With good hygiene measures, it would be easier to reduce the spread of infections and illnesses in a childcare facility. See some of the measures that promote hygiene among children:
Adequate and separate sinks
Those managing the childcare facility should ensure there is a sink in each room. Moreover, they should ensure the sinks the children and staff use for washing hands are not the same used for food preparation. For instance, the rooms used for diapering, toileting and food handling should not share water sinks. Moreover, children should not wash their hands using water in a basin, but with running water from the sink. If all the child care centres Sunshine West has to offer prioritized this aspect, there could be fewer cases of infections and illnesses.
Sanitized toys
One of the most difficult things to do is preventing kids from playing around with toys. The most unfortunate thing is that children don’t care about where the toys were, or who were using them before they got them. They happily play with toys that could be loaded with thousands of infectious microbes without knowing. This is how pathogenic microbes are transferred from one child to another through toys. What responsible caretakers in any of the child day care centres Clayton South has today should do is sanitize the toys before other children use them.
Disinfect likely spots
Any surface or place that the children share could also harbor infectious microbes. In most early learning centres, children touch the drinking fountains, cabinet handles, doors, diapering areas and toileting surfaces several times a day. If these areas and surfaces are not properly disinfected, germs are likely to breed and circulate from these spots. This doesn’t mean that these surfaces should be disinfected once a day, but every time several children use them.
