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Control of infections in child care
Author(s) -
Ferson Mark J
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1994.tb127643.x
Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , outbreak , vaccination , toilet , infection control , child care , public health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , family medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , pediatric infectious disease , intensive care medicine , immunology , disease , nursing , virology , pathology
The control of infections in child‐care centres involves vaccination of children and staff, attention to hygiene (particularly to handwashing), exclusion of children (and employees) while infectious and/or grouping of infectious children, separation of toilet‐trained children from those in nappies, and judicious use of antimicrobial agents and vaccination during outbreaks. By reporting cases of infectious diseases in patients with child‐care contact to public health authorities, doctors can assist in controlling such diseases in child care. (Med J Aust 1994; 161:615‐618)