Illness & COVID-19 Policies

Hutch Kids works in concert with King County Public Health, Fred Hutch infection prevention experts and our own Nurse Consultant to determine the very best standards to both keep our community safe and our center open to support children and families.

Students will be excluded from care when they have:

• An illness or condition that prevents the child from participating in normal activities or requires more care and attention than the early learning provider can provide.
• Diagnosed contagious illness.
• Fever (a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher) and symptoms of illness such as sore throat, cough, earache, headache, vomiting, diarrhea. Considered resolved when fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications and 24 hours of improved symptoms.
• Open sores or wounds discharging bodily fluids that cannot be adequately covered with a waterproof dressing or mouth sores with drooling
• Diarrhea—two or more times in the previous 24 hours
• Vomiting—two or more times in the previous 24 hours
• A rash not associated with heat, diapering, or an allergic reaction
• Other signs of new illness unrelated to a known condition (such as seasonal allergies)
• Lice, ringworm, or scabies until after receiving the first treatment

After an infectious and/or respiratory illness, children can return to Hutch Kids, when, for at least 24 hours, both of the following are true:

• Symptoms are better overall
• They have been fever free for 24 hours (and are not using fever-reducing medication) See attached visual.
• They can participate in normal activities (eat, sleep and play) and do not require 1:1 care from an early learning provider
• After returning to Hutch Kids following a respiratory illness, children aged 3 and older are encouraged to mask for the five days following the first day of improved symptoms.

Public Health Vaccine Finder

Below are resources for families.