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This week’s subject is: Nappy change and toileting
Element 2.1.2: Health practices and procedures. Effective illness management and hygiene practices are promoted and maintained
Educators must ensure that toileting and nappy change routines and practices are conducted in ways that ensure the health and hygiene of children and staff, whilst ensuring their interactions with children are warm and responsive and maintain the dignity and rights of the children in their care.
Does your service have nappy changing procedures displayed in appropriate areas, visible to staff during nappy changing? A nappy change poster/display can be printed, laminated, and displayed in prominent positions at all nappy change areas at the service.
Ensure that hand washing procedures are displayed in nappy change areas and all bathrooms and are at eye level to children. Use colourful posters with visual aids to spark children’s interest and consider implementing a hand washing song within your room or across your service.
Out of School Hours Care:
OSHC services using shared toilet facilities must ensure that children are provided with appropriate, hygienic facilities whilst ensuring adequate supervision with consideration for the dignity and rights of the child. In school age care settings, educators can maintain supervision by monitoring when children enter and exit bathrooms. Services must ensure that children always have access to soap and drying facilities (r109).
Resources:
Changing a nappy without spreading germs poster
Toileting and nappy changing principles and practices
NSW Health- Hand washing poster
The Wiggles & UNICEF: Handwashing song
Within System7 go to Quality Area 2/Module 2 to submit self-assessment notes and if required, open a QIP issue if you identify any areas of improvement.
The Childcare Centre Desktop has a range of resources to assist services with nappy change and toileting. These include Nappy Change and Toileting Policy and Procedure, Cloth Nappies Guide and Procedure, Nappy Change Record, Bathroom and Nappy Change Cleaning Checklist and much more.
Resources, NQS Element, Regulation and System7 links:
Childcare Centre Desktop – Childcare Centre Desktop
National Quality Standard – QA 2/ 2.1.2- Health practices and procedures
National Regulations – 77, 109, 112
System7 Module – QA 2/ Module 2
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