Alaska Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

Home About Us Login Sign-Up Products Contact Us

7 AAC 50.445
REDUCING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE

(a) A facility shall take precautions to reduce risk against the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis B, giardia, and other contagious or infectious diseases. These precautions include

(1) seeking and complying with current medical and sanitation advice on contagious or infectious diseases;

(2) adopting universal precautions to handle potential exposure to blood and blood-contaminating body fluids and injury discharges; and

(3) training staff, if any, in universal precautions and in the prevention of contagious and infectious diseases.

(b) Caregivers and staff shall wash their hands before food handling, preparation, serving, eating or table setting; after toileting and assisting a child with toileting or diapering; after handling pets or other animals; and whenever hands are contaminated with bodily fluids, including nose wiping.

(d) In this section "universal precautions" is a term that describes the infectious control precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be used in all situations to prevent transmission of blood-borne germs as, for example, human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus.(Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145)

Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.35.010

Home About Us Login Sign-Up Products Contact Us