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I know everyone's state is a little different but I was wondering what all of your policies are for covid symptoms such as do you exclude if they have a runny nose until they have a negative covid test etc?
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I exclude for symptoms - not illnesses. The symptoms I exclude for are:
-100.0° fever or higher
-diarrhea*
-vomiting
-excessive/persistent cough**
-green runny nose/excessive runny nose
-rash
-discharge from the eyes
-lethargic behavior
*if there isn’t a known illness going around, I will allow two loose BM before I exclude. If I know there is a virus going around, I send them home after the first loose BM.
**if a child coughs so much in a short time span, I exclude. I sent a child home for coughing 10x in 15 mins.
***if I’m constantly wiping any runny nose I will send home -
I simply exclude for any illness symptoms. If a child had a runny nose and no other symptoms for example, I wouldn't exclude unless it fell under my normal exclusionary policies.
If I knew the child (or another family member) had been exposed to COVID I would probably require a negative test but unless I had specific reason to ask for a COVID test, I am just back to following my own illness policies as they were pre-COVID.
I should add that if necessary I have the ability to test a child on-site and get results within minutes using CUE testing which test the RNA of SARS-CoV-2 and has a 97.8% accuracy rate
The system was provided to FCC providers during the height of the pandemic. It's pretty cool really..
https://cuehealth.com/products/how-c...ects-covid-19/Comment
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That is really cool I'm not sure how I feel about testing someone's child though. I'm still going to look into it Thanks
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My DC families love it! So far it has eliminated the long waits for clinic test results and the need to find/buy home tests. I was nervous at first as well in regards to testing someone else's child but it's brought a lot of peace of mind for me since my biggest COVID fear was a parent not being transparent about exposure etc and with my DH being a Type 1 diabetic, it's so important that we do our best to avoid him getting sick. A few years ago Influenza nearly killed him. He got it from a DCK who we all thought just had a common cold. Turns out they had Influenza, had tested for it when symptoms had gotten worse but never told me until a looooong time afterwards.
It was a mess. It was also a turning point in my level of strictness regarding exclusion for illnesses. Now, I no longer take chances or give any family "special"
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