In order to minimize the spread of any infectious diseases within the Children's Ministry and to insure the health and safety of all children and caregivers, we have adopted the following procedures.
Health concerns:
Ill or infectious children will be asked not to participate in the children's services until they are well. To provide a healthy environment in our classrooms we do not accept any children with any of the following symptoms.
- Fever/vomiting/diarrhea (in the past 24 hours)
- Discharge in or around the eyes
- Questionable rash
- Green or yellow runny nose
- Excessive coughing
- Any communicable disease (chicken pox,etc.)
- If a child is being treated with an antibiotic, he/she should have received treatment for at least 24 hours prior to coming to class
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If a child becomes ill while in class parent's will be alerted by the kid slip number for their child being posted on the screen in sanctuary. Last resort to alert parent will be having an usher come in during service to get parent.
Children's ministry volunteers or staff are not to apply any medication (this includes teething gel, and diaper rash ointment). If a child needs medication, the parent must administer it. No medications can be left in the child's bag or given to a Children's ministry worker.