DAYCARE GLOVES - CHILD CARE WORKERS HYGIENE

Gloves for Daycare and Child care personnel can provide and important barrier protection against contact with body fluids and various types of contamination with germs that commonly causes infectious diseases such as – changing diapers – feeding children – sneezing – wiping and blowing noses – and in playrooms with objects that children drool on, and put in their mouths.

Daycare providers and preschool teachers can control the spread of illness by taking a few simple preventative measures.

Daycare and Child care providers can control the spread of illness by the proper handling of soiled diapers and cleansing of the diaper changing area. If changing of diapers occurs by the daycare or child care provider, gloves should be worn and the changing station should be a specific area and cleaned after use. One person should handle the diaper and dispense of it properly.

Disposable gloves should be worn while diapering a child and in any situation where there might be contact with blood, bodily fluids or blood-or fluid-contaminated items or substances.