Infectious Diseases Are Schools And Daycare Centers

Children are most vulnerable to infections in their first few years. It’s important to be aware of the signs to look for in order to help prevent the infection from spreading further, and potentially becoming serious. Children who have infections such as chickenpox or whooping cough should be kept away from childhood settings until the infection is almost/all gone to prevent

As a childminder you have to make sure that if you have a child with an infectious disease that you don’t let the child get in contact with other children. This sometimes means asking the parents to keep their child at home.

Over 3 million US cases have occurred per year. The flu is a viral infection that can be deadly if not treated. The flu is extremely contagious, it can spread about six feet away from another person. It may be spread by coughing or sneezing, skin-to-skin contact, saliva, or touching a contaminated surface. Children, elderly people, pregnant women, and people who have chronic disease are at higher risk of becoming ill with this virus. The areas mainly affected are lungs, nose, and chest. Symptoms include fever, chills, sore throat, muscle fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headaches. Some symptoms may appear abruptly. A recommended treatment may primarily deal with the patient getting some rest. Other treatment includes drinking plenty of water; throat Lozenge would be advised for throat pain, decongestant such as Pseudoephedrine for stuffy nose, Dextromethorphan for cough, anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen for mild pain, and antiviral drug like Zanamivir to help treat type B influenza. The best way to be protected is vaccination. The vaccine is offered from September to mid-November. Getting vaccinated before the flu season helps the body develops a strong immunity from the virus. It is safe for a Pregnant woman to receive vaccination. Annual vaccination is recommended. Do not get

Vaccinations are safe and they work. There are many parents who choose for their own reasons to ignore Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations to vaccinate and exercise their right to not do so. They run the risk of having their child suffer or even possibly die when they opt-out to having their child vaccinated. Today in the United States, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease are often traced to susceptible children whose parents have claimed an exemption from school or child care immunization regulations (CDC, 2014).

For the past ten years, we at Virginia Mason Medical Center have been implementing mandatory influenza vaccination. This is due to the flu vaccination being able to reduce flu illnesses and prevent flu-related hospitalizations. According to the Center for Control and Disease (CDC, 2014) during 2012-2013, an estimated 45% of the U.S population got vaccinated, helping to prevent an estimated 6.6 million flu-related illness, with 3.2 million flu-related medical visits, almost 80,000 hospitalizations and roughly $87 billion dollars in total economic burden. Influenza is extremely contagious and each year on an average 5%-20% of the U.S population get the flu with tens of thousands die from a flu-related illness. Therefore, many health cares setting along with Virginia Mason Medical Center is mandating all their healthcare workers to get the influenza vaccination. Consequently, making annual influenza vaccination requirement for healthcare workers a continuing and debatable health topic. The potential of getting the vaccination have great benefits to healthcare professionals, their patients, and their families by

There have been a couple of suggestions made to get more school aged children vaccinated. One idea is the creation of school-located clinics (SLC), or vaccine clinics that are held in schools, which is very convenient for families. These clinics vaccinate large numbers of children efficiently at lower costs than public or primary care clinics, and overall, for example, save families approximately $171.96 per household during an entire flu season (Cawley & Rousculp, 2010). Some may worry that having vaccine clinics in schools will decrease the contact that children have with their primary provider. Cawley & Rousculp (2010) state there is little evidence to support this

Annually there are a number of children who contract the influenza during the influenza season that results in an increase in costs in pediatric office visits and antibiotic and other medications consumption and also in a significant increase in absences from school and work. Thus influenza vaccination of children can help reduce the number of visit to pediatric office,  hospitalizations, and help prevent the spread of influenza in the wider community. Moreover vaccinating children is cost effective when considering all the cost of treatment for influenza and its complications. Therefore yearly vaccination of children with the inactivated influenza vaccine save  parent money and time away from the pediatric clinic. Influenza vaccine does not

Preventing the spread of the infection within the preschool should be their top priority, and they should be monitoring children who look as if they have any contagious rashes or sores. Any washcloths used to wash a child who has any type of lesion on their skin should not be used on any other children, and a new washcloth should be used each time skin is cleaned (PubMed Health 2010). Preschool staff should be mindful of doing routine surface cleaning/decontamination of tables and toys with disinfectant should be done on a daily basis due to risk of

There are sound medical reasons to follow these recommendations as parents: 10 of the diseases we are usually vaccinated against in our childhoods can be easily passed from one person to another, as they can travel through the air.

Children can easily transmit illnesses to one another due to poor hand washing, uncovered coughs, dense populations and other factors. When children aren’t vaccinated, they are at increased risk for disease and can spread disease to others in their classrooms and communities. This includes babies too young to be fully vaccinated and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer or other health conditions.

Influenza is a common illness in children. Seasonal influenza especially affects children in childcare and schools and school-age children facilitate the spread of influenza within schools, households, and communities. Influenza spreads mainly from droplets made when people sneeze, cough, or talk. Since droplets can travel 30 feet, all children in a classroom are potentially exposed. Influenza is highly contagious and can spread from person to person even before symptoms appear and can be contagious for a week after symptoms appear. Children are most vulnerable to infection and the hospitalization rate of influenza is highest in young children. Influenza outbreaks not only cause thousands of deaths, they lead to complications such as otitis media, sinusitis, and pneumonia. One study showed that influenza vaccination reduced children’s risk of

Influenza is responsible for hospitalizations and deaths in the United States. Prevention through vaccination is one way to circumvent illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths. Those persons who were more susceptible fall into the categories of 6 months to 4 years of age and 65 years and older. According to CDC (2013), the 2012-13 influenza season was characterized as a moderately severe season based on the surveillance data. Regardless of suggestions and encouragements of schools and places of employment for individuals to be vaccinated against the flu, fewer than half the persons in the United States each year are inoculated against this disease. Influenza vaccines are now widely used to reduce the burden of annual epidemics of influenza virus infections (Cowling, et al., 2016).

Children are susceptible to many more infections and diseases than adults. Adults have higher tolerance for diseases and even though they are still affected, they aren’t at as high of a risk for fatally. Medical treatment for such diseases or infections have come a long way since the 1700’s with the help of Edward Jenner. Two of the major deadly diseases in young children were the bubonic plague (also known as “black death”) and small pox. Some of the more common diseases/infections were the measles and influenza which are still affecting children in 2015 (Children and Youth in History).

By age 6, the majority of children in the United States receives inoculations for as many as 15 potentially life threatening or life crippling diseases. (cit2) As children are more prone to spread diseases due to immature hygiene knowledge and practice, all 50 states in our nation mandate children the age of five or older have completed vaccination series before entering into a public day care or school system. This requirement stems from a continued desire to contain and thwart many of these dangerous diseases from resurfacing into our society. By authorizing this law, the government hopes to protect the vast majority of our population and prevent dangerous outbreaks of deadly diseases occurring.

“Influenza vaccination is the safest and most effective way to prevent the flu, except for infants younger than 6-month old who aren’t eligible to receive it,” said Sietske de Fijter, chief of the Bureau of Infectious Diseases and state epidemiologist for the Ohio Department of Health, in a news release.