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This week’s subject is: Medical Management Plans
Element 2.1.2: Effective illness and injury management and hygiene practices are promoted and implemented.
What systems are in place to ensure that medical management plans (including risk minimisation and communication plans) are regularly reviewed and remain current?
Children with a specific health care need, allergy or medical condition must have a current medical management plan on display at the service in an easily accessible location for staff and volunteers, whilst maintaining the child’s privacy. The medical management plan must be completed by the child’s medical practitioner and be kept with the child’s enrolment record. Ensure that medical management, risk minimisation and communication plans are reviewed regularly, and any changes are communicated to all staff and volunteers.
Ensure that all staff (including casuals and volunteers) are aware of children’s medical management plans, their location, and the location of their medication. Consider creating a display folder containing all medical management plans to keep on/with the meal/snack trolley for ease of access during mealtimes.
Approved providers must ensure that their service has a policy and procedure for dealing with medical conditions in children, even if they have no children with a medical condition at the service. (r90) The policy must detail:
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- The requirement for parents and carers to provide and maintain a medical management plan for their child.
- The requirement for the medical management plan to be followed in the event of an incident relating to the child’s specific health care need, allergy or medical condition.
- Procedures and information for staff and volunteers about how to manage the condition.
- Information for parents/carers on their involvement in developing a risk minimisation and communication plan in consultation with the service.
- For services providing care to school age children:
- information and procedures for self-administration of medication by children (if permitted at the service)
- recording a notification when a child has self-administered medication.
Resources:
Managing Children’s Medical Conditions in ECEC Services
Within System7 go to Quality Area 2/Module 12 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 managing medical conditions and medical management plans. These include Medical Conditions Policy, Medical Management Plan, Managing Medical Conditions Procedure, Medical Risk Minimisation Plan, Medical Communication Plan, Managing Medical Conditions Guide 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 – 90, 91, 92, 162, 168, 173 (2)(f), 181, 182
System7 Module – QA 2/ Module 12
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