Coughs and sneezes spread diseases, as the saying goes. Another saying should go that it takes good infection control procedures and best practice hygiene routines to stop the spread in childcare settings.
The national standards for under-eights daycare and childminding require the registered person, under Standard 7: Health, to promote the good health of children and take 'positive steps to prevent the spread of infection and appropriate measures when they are ill' (see box).
An infection control policy is one way to tackle this perennial problem, but do childcare practitioners who are already so burdened with bureaucracy need to undertake more paperwork?
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