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Infectious Disease Control for Child Care

A resource guide on symptoms for exclusion and 40 Disease Fact Sheets for common childhood illnesses to give to parent/guardians and staff.
This manual was developed by the Douglas County Health and is available in print. Click here for order form.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SEVEN SECTIONS

SECTION I. Specific Guidelines
	A. Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting
	B. Disinfecting and Sanitizing Quick Reference
	C. Diapering
	D. Handwashing
	E. Exclusion of Ill Persons
	F. Specific Disease Exclusion Guidelines

SECTION II. Disease Reporting
	A. Nebraska Reporting Rule
	B. Reports to Local/State Health Department
	C. Notification of Parent/Guardians
		1. Parent Alert Letter (PAL)
		2. Contagious Disease Alert Letter Kit Instructions
	D. Reports from Parent/Guardians

SECTION III. Exposure Control and Outbreak Management

SECTION IV. Fact Sheets
	REPORTABLE: Contact your local and state health department for recommendations on further actions
	A. Symptoms/Disease Checklist
	B. Disease Fact Sheets
		Campylobacteriosis
		Chickenpox
		Pinkeye
		Cryptosporidiosis
		Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection
		Enterovirus (nonpolio) and Viral (Aseptic) Meningitis
		E coli 0157: H7/HUS
		Fifth Disease
		Giardiasis
		Haemophilus Influenzae Disease (Hib)
		Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
		Hepatitis A
		Hepatitis B
		HIV/AIDS
		Impetigo
		Influenza
		Lice (head)
		Lyme Disease
		Measles (Rubeola)
		Meningococcal Disease
		Mononucleosis (Infectious)
		Mumps
		Oral Herpes (Cold Sores)
		Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
		Pinworms
		Pneumococcal Infections
		Respiratory Infections (Viral)
		Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV)
		Reye Syndrome
		Ringworm (Tinea)
		Roseola
		Rotavirus Infection
		Rubella (German Measles)
		Salmonellosis
		Scabies
		Shigellosis
		Shingles (Zoster)
		Streptococcal Sore Throat/Scarlet Fever
		Tuberculosis (TB)
		Viral (Aseptic) Meningitis
		Yeast Infection (Thrush)

SECTION V. Infectious Disease Chart

SECTION VI. Glossary

SECTION VII. References

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