Mildly Ill Care Room

[Controlled Chaos]

Another thought popped into my head - children's medical face masks.

Do you use them (or would you)? Why or why not? Any issues with licensing?

Seems like it would be a good way to keep an airborne illness from spreading if the child might be (or is) contagious but is well enough to not need to be in bed resting all day.

Obviously not for infants and toddlers. But maybe preschoolers and school age? Could also be turned into a learning opportunity.

I have masks we play with when we do Doctor dramatic play. They fall off all the time. I can't imagine trying to keep one on a little one all day. Not saying its not possible, just that it would be tricky. We also have masks for red air days (we live in an area of high air pollution) and licensing doesn't allow us out any longer in masks v no masks. It makes me feel a little better that their lungs are a LITTLE more protected but not enough data on it to make a difference to licensing. I'm sure the rules on that vary state to state.

[Cat Herder]

I don't see the pediatric face masks taking off, here.

The onus stays with the adults.

[Blackcat31]

I don't see the pediatric face masks taking off, here.

The onus stays with the adults.

My thoughts are that if you could teach a child to wear a mask, it would be just as easy or easier to teach same child to cover when coughing. etc.