Day Nursery Resources

The following resources cover important infection control topics that are relevant to all Day Nursery and Daycare Centres in the City of Toronto.

General infection control

• Guidance Document - Infection Prevention and Control in Day Nurseries (PDF)
• Routine practices
• Cleaning up blood and body fluids
• Choosing and using a disinfectant
• Bleach Solutions for Disinfecting
• Dealing with a human biting incident
• Sensory Play Activities
• Cover your cough / Sleeve sneeze

Toilet / diapering process

• Diaper routine
• Toilet routine
• Potty routine

Hand hygiene

• Glove use
• Handwashing / hand sanitizer

Outbreak management / communicable diseases information

• Norovirus Infection
• Your outbreak action plan
• Guidelines for common communicable diseases
• Tuberculosis information for staff / volunteers in daycares and nursery schools
• Reportable communicable disease list
• Form - report of chicken pox in Toronto (PDF)
• Day Nursery Enteric Outbreak Reporting Form (PDF)
• Day Nursery Enteric Outbreak Line List (PDF)
• How to Collect a Stool Sample (PDF)

Immunization Resources

• Request for Immunization Information for New Registrants of Day Nurseries (PDF)
• Updated Immunization Recommendations for Children Attending Day Nurseries (PDF)
• Ontario's Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule
• Immunization and Vaccines Information
• Day Nurseries Act