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DDs nursery will be removing all soft toys as they can't be sterilised....

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PrefetParfait · 30/07/2009 15:09

but they will be regullarly sterilising all hard toys...(which of course tehy will get into all the nooks and crannies of )

Madness....pure madness...

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WhatFreshHellIsThis · 30/07/2009 15:09

It really is getting out of control, isn't it?

AnyFucker · 30/07/2009 15:10

I dunno about nurseries, but this is pretty standard practice in medical establishments and has been for some time

PrefetParfait · 30/07/2009 15:11

And we have to use alchohol gel as we enter teh building.

And the children are not allwed to go to nursery if they have had contact with someone with SF (which is a little bit more tolerable and understandable)...but removing soft toys.

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hana · 30/07/2009 15:11

shouldn't they be doing this as a matter of course already?

soft toys are horrid - esp in nurseries with dribbling snotty children!

AnyFucker · 30/07/2009 15:14

I mean for some time prior to swine flu hysteria reporting

MadameCastafiore · 30/07/2009 15:18

Stick teddies etc in the deep freeze as will kill germs I think.

AnyFucker · 30/07/2009 15:20

more effective still, stick the kids in the deepfreeze

PrefetParfait · 30/07/2009 15:21

No deep freeze doesn't kill. It stops them multiplying.

It is not teddies and things we are talking about.

It is things like soft bodied dolls, dressing up clothes, puppets...

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preggersplayspop · 30/07/2009 15:22

I read this was the latest guidance yesterday but it does seem like its all getting a bit ridiculous. They are also advising children don't share toys/crayons etc or musical instruments. And that they are wiped before they are passed onto other children if they are shared between children.

Its just completely unrealistic in a nursery environment. The virus floats in the air anyway I believe!

hocuspontas · 30/07/2009 15:25

It's just not practical sterilising toys. I mean - how many 'touches' before it's deemed necessary? Once a day? Why stop at toys? Are they going to sterilize the carpet? The walls? Snotty hands go everywhere.

Is this a governmnent directive or parents getting angsty?

preggersplayspop · 30/07/2009 15:32

Government advice apparently.

Surely parents are being a little more pragmatic about it?!!

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