Harmony1985 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Does this apply whatever the antibiotics are for? If so, how do you justify it? No matter the medication or it's application, if they are given medication by the dr, they cannot come in for 48 hours because a) if they have a reaction to it nursery is not the place to be and b) if they have medication, then clearly they're not well enough to be at nursery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 No matter the medication or it's application, if they are given medication by the dr, they cannot come in for 48 hours because a) if they have a reaction to it nursery is not the place to be and B) if they have medication, then clearly they're not well enough to be at nursery. we have children who take antibiotics permanently due to their medical conditions. Cystic fybrosis sufferers for instance often take them regularly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodlands1997 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 We have the 48 hour thing in our policy too but it does say at our discretion. We have let them come in eg if they have antibiotics as they have an infection in a cut on their finger and it's covered and no threat to anyone. Or like finleysmaid said a medical condition. If we have sent them home ill in the day and they go to the docs and have antibiotics for an ear infection then we will say they can't come back that day (people try!!!) but can come the next day aslong as they are well and have no temperature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmony1985 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 we have children who take antibiotics permanently due to their medical conditions. Cystic fybrosis sufferers for instance often take them regularly That's a situation where there would be some form of concession made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upsy Daisy Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 No matter the medication or it's application, if they are given medication by the dr, they cannot come in for 48 hours because a) if they have a reaction to it nursery is not the place to be and B) if they have medication, then clearly they're not well enough to be at nursery. I can understand excluding a child who is unwell but don't quite follow the logic of singling out antibiotics. Children can have a reaction to any new medication so why antibiotics? Is there HPA guidance on this or evidence that a child is more likely to have a reaction to antibiotics than other meds? Is there really enough risk of a reaction in the second 24 hours to warrant excluding them, if at all? Lots of children can be on medication and well enough to be in nursery. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmony1985 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 *shrug* our head office write the policy, we just follow it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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