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Healthy Kids, Healthy Care: Medicine in Child Care (HTML)
By National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education , Ed.
2005

Summary: This document presents safety tips for giving medication at a child care program. When children need to be given prescription medicine during child care hours for a temporary illness (e.g., strep throat) or a chronic condition (e.g., asthma), caregivers need to have written authorization signed by a parent and the child’s health care provider. Caregivers need to be trained by a health professional to give medicine correctly in order to ensure the health and safety of the child receiving the medicine. In may States, there are different sets of rules and laws about giving medicine that may conflict with each other. Any prescription medication brought to a child care program must be dated and kept in the original container.

Index Terms: Administration Of Medication, Center Based Child Care, Child Care Providers, Early Childhood Education, Health Care, Health Requirements, Health Standards

Publication Type: Reports (Descriptive)

Pages: 3 pages
Language: English
URL: http://www.healthykids.us/chapters/medicine_pf.htm

Availability
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
UCHSC at Fitzsimons
Campus Mail Stop F541
PO Box 6508
Aurora, Colorado 80045
800-598-KIDS
FAX: 303-724-0960
natl.child.res.ctr@uchsc.edu
natl.child.res.ctr@uchsc.edu

 
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