5 Ways To Establish A Lice Prevention Routine In A Daycare

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 6 million children get head lice each year. It’s not uncommon for childcare professionals and teachers in primary grade school to deal with frequent lice outbreaks. Places such as schools, camps and daycare centers are basically social events for head lice, and they consider each child’s head fair game.

Since head lice outbreak are such a common occurrence in daycare facilities, it’s important that the management and childcare staff make effort for both prevention and treatment.

Here are a few helpful suggestions:

1.     Lice Control Policy

Educate every childcare professional about head lice detection lice infestation prevention. Make sure they know how to correctly identify nits and lice in children’s hair. The right attitude to lice outbreak on every part is what helps move things along to getting rid of lice with respect and efficiency.

2.     Parental Help

Communicate your concerns with the parents too. Let them know if you suspect their child has lice. Make use of compassion and understanding when delivering the news. It also helps to give parents a written document, informing them of your lice control practices and educating them on lice prevention, protection and removal solutions.

3.     Kids’ Education

Apart from childcare staff and parents, kids can lend a hand in preventing spread of lice. Advise the kids against using each other belongings, such as hats, scarves, hair ties/bands or bags. Make sure to educate them about lice the right way, and let them know having lice does not make them “dirty”.

4.     Checks and Screenings

Consider getting lice screening services, and practice discretion. It’s all well and good to get a routine professional inspection for the kids, but keep each screening private. Lice Removal Pros offers meticulous lice screenings for schools and camps throughout Orlando and Winter Park.

5.     Facility Inspection

A childcare facility is a place of fun, filled with colorful toys. An infested child’s lice can easily transfer onto the toy their playing with, especially if it is a stuff toy. In addition to routine lice screenings, it also helps to get cleaning and inspection services, in which the removal specialists inspect everything, and bag up and quarantine items which lice have definitely or possibly invaded.

Our specialistsare here to help. We offer lice screening as well as lice treatment services. Call us at (800) 763-4026, and let us return your childcare facility to its former lice-free, fun state!