Infection Control
In this chapter in the Health Manager Orientation Guide, learn about the role of the health manager in infection control.
These resources provide information on steps to ensure a healthy and safe environment for children and staff. They address strategies to reduce the risk of spreading infectious diseases, such as handwashing; immunization; cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting; maintaining a healthy environment; and screening and testing for communicable diseases.
In this chapter in the Health Manager Orientation Guide, learn about the role of the health manager in infection control.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses the daily health check.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses exclusion for illness.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses reporting illness to local public health authorities.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses standard precautions.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses hand hygiene.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses diapering and toileting.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses safe and effective cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses healthy air.
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide discusses disaster preparedness plans for health epidemics and pandemics.
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