Procedures:

Medicines

1. All medicines are kept in a place inaccessible to children, in the bathroom first aid cabinet.
2. Medicine will not be administered at a Playcentre unless it is
• given by a doctor or ambulance officer in an emergency.
• given with the written authority of an appropriate parent, guardian or whanau member.
• given by the appropriate parent, guardian or whanau member.
3. Any medicines given during Playcentre sessions will be recorded in the medicine register, by the first aid cabinet, stating when it was administered, by whom and who authorised it.

Accidents

1. All sessions will have at least one person with a current first aid certificate present.
2. A first aid cabinet will be kept in good condition, ready for immediate use and equipped to the standard outlined in the Playcentre Equipment list. It will be secured so that the contents are inaccessible to children.
3. Housekeeping is responsible for checking and maintaining the contents at the beginning of each term.
4. In case of accident first aid will be administered, actions taken recorded in the accident register and parents informed as soon as practical/ possible.
5. In case of serious accident, medical aid will be sought through a doctor or ambulance officer without delay and parents informed immediately. Actions taken will be recorded in the accident register.

Infectious Illnesses

1. Anyone suffering from an infectious or notifiable disease listed in the Second Schedule of the Health Regulations 1966 will be excluded from attending Playcentre.
2. Centres will make information available for parents giving guidelines for when to keep children at home. Suggested resource to keep for consulting or to help develop these Nga Kupu Oranga 'Recommendation for inclusion/ exclusion of children from Early Childhood Centres'. Centre may wish to develop own specific format of these for handing out upon enrolment, storing in file for easy access?
3. If a child falls ill during a session care steps will be taken to
• Isolate the child from others on session assigning an adult to supervise them.
• Return the child to the care of appropriate parent, guardian or whanau member (or emergency contact person) without delay.
4. In the case of serious illness that seems to call for medical aid all reasonable steps will be taken to seek this, preferably from the family doctor.
5. When necessary the Playcentre will take steps to inform centre parents of any infections present in the Playcentre's community without breaching personal privacy.
6. If a child arrives with symptoms listed in [Playcentre guidelines/ Nga Kupu Oranga] for exclusion the President or Group Leader will ask the parent/ caregiver to keep them home.

Immunisation

1. A record of the immunisation status of each child will be kept at each centre.
2. Parents will be asked to provide information about the immunisation status of their children.
3. Information obtained will be recorded in the immunisation register on the enrolment form.
4. If no information is provided the 'not sighted' box will be completed on the register.

Record Keeping

1. All records kept under this policy will be kept for a period of seven years.