"Childcare and healthcare workers are among those at increased risk for exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV)."
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CMV is one tough cookie
"People who have frequent contact with young children may be at greater risk of CMV infection because young children are a common source of CMV. By the age of five years, one in three children has been infected with CMV, but usually does not have symptoms. CMV can be present in a child’s body fluids for months after they become infected."
Potential Cost of Not Warning Child Care Providers about CMV
Examples of CMV Protocols In other countries
▪️ In Queensland, Australia, suggested control measures include: "relocating workers who are pregnant, or who expect to become pregnant, to care for children aged over two to reduce contact with urine and saliva" (Queensland Government). SOURCE
▪️ In Germany, to protect daycare workers from primary CMV infection, their “CMV serostatus must be checked at the beginning of their pregnancy.” If the worker “is seronegative, she is excluded from professional activities with children under the age of three years” (Stranzinger et al., 2016). SOURCE
▪️ According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children with known CMV should not be excluded from group care; "CMV excretion is so prevalent that attempts at isolation or segregation of children who excrete CMV are impractical and inappropriate". SOURCE
CMV Training Module Video
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Congenital CMV Facts for Pregnant Women and Parents flyer.