Pregnancy Journals Recalls Safety Shopping Sleep Site Map Shop. For College Health Issues and Childcare General Outbreaks of infectious diseases have been reported at day care facilities. The larger the number of children who are together, the more likely that someone will become ill from a virus or bacteria acquired from another child.
Younger children are more likely to share their infections than are older children.
Your childcare provider should have a policy on how sick is too sick for childcare. These are mostly common sense guidelines. Workers should be properly immunized and screened for health problems. Each childcare facility should have written criteria for excluding and readmitting children who are or have been ill. You should obtain a copy of these criteria from your child care provider.