Health and Nutrition

Child Care and Preschool Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist

A pandemic is a global disease outbreak.  A flu pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges that people have little or no immunity to and for which there may be no vaccine.  The disease spreads easily person-to-person and causes serious illness.  It can sweep across the country and around the world very quickly.  It is hard to predict when the next flu pandemic will occur or how bad it will be.

Chid care and preschool programs can help protect the health of their staff and the children and families they serve.  Interruptions in child care services during an influenza (flu) pandemic may cause conflicts for working parents that could result in high absenteeism in workplaces.  Some of that absenteeism could be expected to affect personnel and workplaces that are critical to the emergency response system.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offer this check list to help programs prepare for the effects of a flu pandemic.  Many of these steps can also help in other types of emergencies.  More information on pandemic flu is available at www.pandemicflu.gov.

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/school/preschool.html

California State Food Safety Requirement Summary
California law states that each facility (including child development centers who prepare their own food) shall have an owner or employee who has successfully passed an approved and accredited food safety certification examination.  For details go:
http://www.nraef.org/reg_require/rr_state_juris_summ.asp?flag=lcd&;level1_id=California&id=0  

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