Looking After Your Child's Skin & Treating Skin Infections

A 24 page booklet (PDF, 5.9MB) - Looking after your child's skin and treating skin infections. Information including diagrams and photos under the following headings:

• things that help keep your child's skin healthy
• what causes skin infections?
• how to clean infected skin
• things you could ask your child's doctor or nurse
• washing and drying hands
• information about a number of skin conditions (boils, cellulitis, cuts, scratches and grazes, eczema, impetigo, insect bites, ring worm and scabies)
• how to check skin infections

Source: Ministry of Health and Workbase booklet (PDF, 5.9MB). Looking after your child's skin and treating skin infections.