Daycare/Schools

Guide for Child Care Operators

Factsheets

• List of reportable diseases
• Common childhood illnesses
• Chickenpox
• Chickenpox and pregnancy
• Fifth disease
• Fifth disease and pregnancy
• German measles (rubella)
• Rubella and pregnancy
• Coxsackie virus (Hand, foot, mouth disease)
• Impetigo
• Measles
• Mumps
• Pinkeye (conjunctivitis)
• Scabies
• Scarlet fever (Scarlatina)
• Pertussis (Whooping cough)
• Water play tables
• Diapering procedure
• Dangers of unpasteurized beverages
• Routine practices for childcare settings
• Cover your cough and sneeze
• Mixing chlorine (bleach) solution
• Let’s wash our hands

Please see our “Factsheets” page for additional information.

Activities and Lesson Plans

• Scrub Club
• Do Bugs Need Drugs?

Useful Links and Resources

• Advancing Environmental Health in Child Care Settings – A Checklist for Child Care Practitioners and Public Health Inspectors
• Safe drinking water: sampling and testing for lead
• Day nurseries act

Food Safety

• Food handlers certification
• Food safety for schools/children