When you are in the water you are bathing with everyone else in the pool and chlorine does not kill all germs. DO wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water after a bowel movement or changing diapers. Germs on hands end up everywhere, including in the water. DO take your child to the toilet for bathroom breaks often. DO change diapers in a bathroom, not near the pool.
Germs can contaminate surfaces and objects around the water.
DO wash your child thoroughly, especially his or her bottom with soap and water before swimming. Everyone has invisible amounts of fecal matter on his or her bottom that ends up in the water. DO NOT count on swim diapers or pants to keep fecal matter from leaking into the water. These products are not leakproof. DO notify the lifeguard if you see fecal matter in the water or if you see persons changing diapers at poolside.