IS MY CHILD TOO SICK TO GO TO DAYCARE ?

Sick children suffer.

Don’t make your child

even more miserable by dropping him or her off at day care that

day.

Keep your child at home and practice good

hygiene:

Disinfect around the house,

Wash your hands after changing dia-pers, using toilet, after sneezing,

blowing your nose or the nose of a child and before preparing food.

COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM 819-988-2130 ILAGITSUTA

An Initiative of

Adapted by

KATIVIK REGIONAL GOVERN-

A rash with fever:

Your child can go back to daycare after 24 hours

without fever.

Chicken pox:

Your child can go back to daycare once his general state allows him to participate to the activities.

Impetigo:

Your child can go back to daycare after 24 hours of oral or lotion antibiotics.

Vomiting:

Your child can go back to daycare after 24 hours with-out throwing up.

Fever, irritability:

Your child can go back to daycare when the fever has been gone for 24 hours.

Diarrhea:

Your child can go back to daycare after 24 hours without diarrhea.

Scabies:

Your child can go back to

daycare once treated. Clothing and bed sheets have to be washed.

Pinkeye:

It’s easily transmitted. The CLSC will tell you when you can send your child back to daycare.

Mouth sores:

The CLSC will inform you if your child is contagious and when to return him to daycare.

Head lice:

Your child can go back to daycare after being treated (shampoo and small comb). Clothing and bed sheets have to be washed.

KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME IF HE HAS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

In some cases, at anytime the daycare can ask for a medical note from the CLSC.