Health and safety

View the COVID-19 response in child care settings

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• Air Pollution and School Activities
  
  
• Care plans
  • Asthma (English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese)
  • Allergies
  • Diabetes Care Plan: Not available for download. Contact your child care Public Health Nurse at 206-263-8262 for assistance.
  • Individual Plan of Care
    • Developing an Individual Plan of Care
  • Seizures
    
    
• First Aid Kit Checklist
  Learn about which items you should have in your first aid kit at your child care center. Includes a dated checklist of items and a separate list of what to take with you during field trips.
  
  
• Food Allergies, Food Intolerance and Special Diets
  
  
• Hand Lotion Authorization Form
  
  
• Hand Sanitizer Authorization Form
  
  
• Illness Log
  
  
• Incident/Injury Log
  
  
• Medication and Care Plan tracking form
  
  
• Medication and diaper cream forms
  • Medication Authorization Form
    
  • 3-day Critical Medication Authorization Form
    
  • Diaper Cream/Oinment Authorization Form
  • Controlled Substance Medication Form
    
    
• Preventing choking

• Soil safety tips
  We all know it can be a challenge to keep children from playing in the dirt and putting their hands in their mouths. Dust, dirt and mud are kid magnets!
  
  
• Safe sleep resources:
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) prevention
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Safe Sleep Practices explained
  • What does a safe sleep environment look like?
  • Safe Sleep videos
    
    
• Sun safety:
  • Sun protection
  • Sunscreen Authorization Form (sunscreen brought from home)
    
  • Sunscreen Authorization Form (program-provided/bulk sunscreen)
  • Bulk Sunscreen Log
    
    
• Toothpaste forms:
  • Fluoride Toothpaste Authorization Form
  • Toothpaste From Home Authorization Form
    
    
• Thermometers in child care
  
  
• Weather:
  • Playing Outside in Northwest weather
  • Weather guidelines for children