First Irving Wellness Guidelines

First Irving desires to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among children and volunteers in our group ministries. We ask all Ministry Leaders, volunteers, and parents be familiar with, and abide by, the following guidelines and precautions. Ministry Leaders and volunteers are permitted and encouraged to refuse a child’s participation in an activity if he/she is presenting these listed symptoms. A child should not be placed in care or attend activities when any of the following exist:

• Fever (We require children to be fever-free without medication for 24 hours).
• Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea (vomiting or diarrhea-free for 48 hours).
• Any colored nasal discharge.
• Sore throat.
• Productive (wet) or croupy (barking) cough.
• Any unexplained rash or open skin lesion.
• Any skin infection (e.g., boils, ringworm, impetigo).
• Any eye infection or drainage.
• Any communicable disease or infestation (including lice).
• The child looks or acts unusually tired, pale, irritable or restless.
• Chicken Pox and Hand-Foot-and-Mouth[1]
  • If a child contracts the highly contagious mild illness of chickenpox, the child may not return until all bumps are scabbed over, this usually occurs between 10-14 days.
  • If a child contracts the highly contagious mild illness of hand-foot-and-mouth, the child may not return until fever free for 24 hours and all blisters have dried up, this usually occurs between 7-10 days.
  • Parents should alert the Ministry Leader if their child presents hand-foot-and-mouth symptoms after being in class, so extra care can be taken in cleaning classrooms.

[1] This information is being collected from the Cleveland Clinic concerning both illnesses.