(1) Yarm Gwanga is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all children, staff and any other persons attending the service. This Guideline will provide clear procedures to follow to manage and minimise the spread of infectious diseases, illnesses and infestations when a child attending Yarm Gwanga: (2) Yarm Gwanga adopts: (3) For the purposes of clause 168 (2) (c) of the Education and Care Services National Regulations this Guideline is considered to be the policy and procedure. (4) This Guideline satisfies the following National Quality Standards: (5) Yarm Gwanga has a duty of care to help limit the spread of illness and infectious diseases. As such this Guideline applies to all (6) All Educators at Yarm Gwanga are committed to preventing the spread of illness and infectious diseases through good hygiene practices such as handwashing, effective cleaning procedures, recording immunisation status, monitoring for any symptoms that may indicate the presence of an infectious disease, and complying with recommended exclusion guidelines and timeframes for children, Educators, students and visitors. (7) Yarm Gwanga adopts the current edition of the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) publication Staying Healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services. The publication must be referenced to: (8) Where this is an occurrence of a Notifiable Disease Yarm Gwanga will follow all determinations/recommendations provided by the NSW Public Health Unit. (9) Yarm Gwanga will keep an Immunisation Register which records the immunisation status of each Educator and child enrolled at the Service. The Immunisation Register is based on the template provided within the NSW Health Immunisation Enrolment Toolkit. (10) Yarm Gwanga will maintain confidentiality of personal information in accordance with the Privacy Management Rule. (11) Families will: (12) Occupational recommendations apply for the immunisation of Educators at the Service. It is important that Educators remain up to date with their vaccinations in order to protect themselves as well as children in their care. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recommends that individuals who work with children, including child care and pre-school staff (including child care students) and outside school hours carers, should be vaccinated against pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis A, measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), Varicella (chickenpox), and influenza (required annually). The Service will take all reasonable steps to strongly encourage non-immune workers to be vaccinated. (13) The Guideline Administrator, Director UNE Life, makes these Guidelines. (14) (15) These Guidelines operate as and from the (16) Previous Policies/Procedures/Guidelines relating to Yarm Gwanga infectious diseases and immunisation are replaced and have no further operation from the (17) Exclusion: Inability to attend or participate in the program at the service. (18) Illness: Any sickness and/or associated symptoms that affect the child's normal participation in the program at the service. (19) Immunisation status: The extent to which a child has been immunised in relation to the recommended immunisation schedule. (20) Infectious disease: A disease that can be spread, for example, by air, water or interpersonal contact. An infectious disease is designated by a health authority (however described) as a disease that would require the infected person to be excluded from an education and care service. (21) Notifiable Disease is a disease that must be reported to NSW Health. (22) Visitor includes, but is not limited to, students on practical placements, volunteers, community members and persons conducting inspections/audits. (23) Yarm Gwanga refers to both the Yarm Gwanga Preschool & Early Education Centre as well as Yarm Gwanga Vacation CareYarm Gwanga Infectious Diseases and Immunisation Guideline
Section 1 - Overview
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Section 2 - Scope
Section 3 - Guideline
Immunisation for Educators
Authority and Compliance
Section 4 - Definitions
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For the purpose of this Guideline the following definitions apply: