Medicine form for Calpol?

[pirateship]

Does anyone have a form that I could use to get parents to sign for the administration of Calpol/teething gels etc?

I am very excited to say that I have a six month old baby starting on Monday, but the mum has already said that he is teething and so will supply me with Calpol.

Am I right in thinking that I don't need to fill in the Medicine book (NCMA) for the use of Calpol or other minor medicines? And that i just need to have a basic consent form stating that I am allowed to administer it should he need it?

[Pauline]

Giving these medicines is a bit of a grey area and the new EYFS standards actually say that you cannot give medicines that have not been prescribed by a doctor - we had a big debate on that at the time!!

At the moment I always use a full 'permission to administer medicine' form worded so that it says I can give as and when necessary. I then sign and date/time when any is given, this is then shown to parents when they collect and they sign to say they have been informed.

However, I would still leave a few hours from the child arriving before giving a dose just to make sure that there was not a risk of overdose if the parent had forgotten to tell me that they had given some before arrival.

[rainbowmum]

I'm not sure to be honest - I think you should probably have the time/dose recorded and parent to sign to say they have been told - they might otherwise forget & give baby more sooner than they should & say you never told them? Paracetamol overdose is very serious even in small quantities.


Perhaps a duplicate record book? Use a page for the day - recording times & doses & then get parent to sign they have seen it before tearing out their copy? You would have to be careful to be confidential with other records in the book - but then you could tear that page out too & put it with child record? Hmmm must think on that one!

[sarahnev707]

Bromley site has a permission form which is probably ok to use for now - but as Pauline says with the new EYFS I don't think we'll be able (legally) to give anything

If you're with NCMA insurance, I suggest you check their stuff as well, cos they might want written permission for and before each time you give anything.... not sure

Sarahx

[vik3000]

We were told to word our medication permission as:

(oral) liquid paracetamol suspension (if you say which brand then you are tied to that brand)
adhesive dressings (plasters)
teething medication relievers (gel or liquid)

[saira172]

I've got a permission form that allows me to give calpol if I feel it is needed so long as a period of 4 hours has elapsed since child arrived and if I can't get hold of parents, on the understanding that I will continue to try to contact parents every half hour and they will sign on pick up. I devised it when I had a single parent who was 25 miles away, phone went dead, college couldn't locate her, emergency contact (grandmother) couldn't be reached then couldn't leave work and child was starting to shake through high temp despite stripping off and tepid sponging.... as it was I gave calpol, wrote it up in medication book and in incident book, got hold of mum 30 minutes later and drove a 50 mile round trip to pick her up and get them both home!! Didn't want to be in that position again.

I have calpol sachets and mark the batch number and expiry date in the book.

Saira

[buildingblocks]

I have a form that parents sign to give me permission to administer Calpol or similar if and when needed but i do not keep Calpol on the premises (apart from one family due to circumstances).

The parent must give me a note in the daily diary telling me what time the child last had it and if I don't have that (which then goes in child's file dated) then I don't give it for four hours after they get here.

I also tell parents that i do not give Calpol willy nilly and if child is fine then I will not continue to give it if they disagree -unless Dr has said different - then in my eyes parent is saying child is not well enough to be in the setting (sorry that must be as clear as mud) and all parents will be told this on initial visits.

I note the time, date, quantity, etc of dosing the child (I use my own sheets, one for each child that is lept in their files) and parent signs for each dose I have given. This is also noted int heir daily diary sothe parents are clear exactly on how much and when their child has been given

love Kate

[rubybubbles]

I'm afraid I will only give it if it had been prescribed. I do have a policy on teething onitments (and genrally recommend anbseol to parents as if this doesn't work yikes) but is a genral permission slip but log everything.


I don't know why I'm afraid lol - as mentioned it will be coming into force anyway

I have always been told if calpol is needed you may be masking a bigger illness

[elaineg]

Hi, I have been told that you can only give a child medicine, if it has a printed label on it from the chemist, is this right.

[banana]

Where would the EYFS stand on teething crystals then? Is it the same sort of thing?

Im starting to get a bit fed up of all these cans and cants. Surely it should be seen as in the best interest of the child to be able to give them calpol for teething if the parents have said it helps them and eases the pain.

So now I better start asking parents to get all their calpol on prescription from their gp.....

Its so annoying!

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