What steps can early childhood programs take to keep children and program staff healthy?
• Encourage all early childhood program staff to get vaccinated for seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu according to CDC recommendations when vaccines become available. Most staff who work in early childhood program settings are in the primary target group for vaccination when it becomes available. Also encourage parents to get their children vaccinated. For more information about primary target groups for vaccination, visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/acip.htm and www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm. • Encourage early childhood program staff to stay at home if they are sick with flu-like illness. Ask parents to keep children home if they are sick. Staff and children should stay home until they are free of fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.8 degrees Celsius measured by mouth) for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medicines. • Conduct a daily health check of children and staff. Watch children and staff for signs of illness. If they are sick, take their temperatures
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