I would not inform my other clients if a child was being vaccinated on any given week - I agree it is none of their business and in our small settings too easy to figure out 'who' was being vaccinated or not. Plus as previous mentioned the risk of passing on something through vaccinations to someone else is VERY VERY rare.

That is not the intent of my policy around ensuring clients are informing ME of vaccinations protocols and updating me on new ones - like Momof4 I feel that I need to know if they have recently received an 'injection' of a vaccine or any other form of medication to be honest specially ones that could have adverse side effects such as vaccines ... I need to be prepared to watch more CLOSELY for those signs if children are going to be in my program after being vaccinated or on a new antibiotic and so forth.

I can also empathize with those who do not want to care for children the proceeding 24 hours of being on a NEW medication or a VACCINE because that is the window that a medical emergency could arise as a result - allergic reaction / adverse side effects.

I also agree that safest place for them to be during that time frame is HOME under close PARENT supervision in case such a medical emergency arises as a result so that they can deal with it best ... while I do recommend vaccination for a Friday for this reason I personally do not have an 'exclusion' period after vaccinations but I do request that parents INFORM me so that I can be prepared for the potential emergency if their child has just been vaccinated.

I also want / need to have a written record of who has been vaccinated or not to be in compliance with Public Health requirements for 'group care settings' should a community outbreak arise and they need to 'notify' families ... this was something that was required of me when I was with an agency and something I have continued even though I am now 'self regulated'.