Mo's Montessori

Healthy & Safety 26 | Policies & Procedures If a child becomes ill during the morning the parent/carer will be contacted and arrangements must be made to collect the child as soon as possible. In the event of the child becoming seriously ill the doctor will be contacted immediately or an ambulance will be called and the child taken to hospital. A record of actions is signed by relevant parties and kept on the premises. hand washing Hand hygiene is the single most important intervention to prevent transmission of infection and is a quality standard in Mo's Montessori as advised by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre www.hpsc.ie. Hand washing saves lives. One of the activities the children will learn in our pre-school is hand washing. We have a separate table with basin, soap and paper towels, used as an exercise to teach children how to wash their hands properly. The children will learn to wash their hands and dry them but will learn it as a fun activity. Children will wash their hands before snack time. Children with runny noses will be encouraged and taught to wash their hands after they have blown their noses. Children will be taught to wash their hands in the bathroom hand basins after going to the toilet. cleaning rouTine for Premises and fixTures The premises of the pre-school and all of the fixtures will be cleaned daily after school hours. Details of cleaning will be recorded on the daily cleaning programme sheets with a separate sheet for each day. The toilets will be cleaned each day at the end of the morning and at the end of the afternoon session. The floors and kitchen area will be cleaned and washed daily. The equipment and shelves will be cleaned and polished once a week and as required and the tables will be cleaned every day; before lunch (am & pm) and after the children have gone home.

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