by: shell - 21-07-08 22:22
hiya all
jus want to know how the nurseries who brush the children's teeth after lunch store the tooth brushes. i introduced tooth brushing nearly a year ago and i am slill storing the children's tooth brushes in plastic containers and sterlising them in another. if any one has any ideas which is more hygenic or know's of anywhere where they sell mulitipul tooth brush holders please reply.
any suggestions welcome thanks shell
by: redsky
We have all the toothbrushes on a shelf. Each child has a toothbrush, tube of toothpaste, and a cup, and their toothpaste and toothbrush are inside the cup (toothbrushes put in upside down). All of the items are named/initialled with a thin permanent marker. We sterilise the cups and brushes once a fortnight. When we had ofsted and health and hygiene inspections in January (both with weeks of each other - ARGH!!), they said that was fine. Oh, that's in the 3-5 room, I'm not sure what the younger rooms do.
