Your child should not attend child care if he or she is too ill to
participate in the regular program activities or requires more care than staff
members are able to provide. Talk to your doctor before allowing your child who has
been ill to attend group care. Get assurance that the condition is not
contagious or serious.
Keep your child at home when he or she has the following symptoms or
conditions:1
- Fever, irritability, lack of energy, trouble breathing,
persistent crying, rash with fever or behavioral change, or other signs of
severe illness
- Diarrhea or stools that contain blood or
mucus
-
E. coli or similar
infection
- Vomiting two or more times within the past 24 hours
(unless it is from a noncontagious disease and the child is not at risk for
dehydration)
- Mouth sores with drooling (unless diagnosed as
noninfectious)
Keep a child who has been diagnosed with any of the following diseases out of
group care until a doctor tells you it is safe:1
Immunizing your child can help prevent some of these
diseases, as well as others not listed.
Citations
American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Children in
out-of-home child care. In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 130-145.
Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Children in
out-of-home child care. In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 130-145.
Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
