Swine Flu Information

Please pass on information to your students. General information is posted on the student blog. (click here to see)

Information forwarded from the district nurse

First and foremost this 2009-2010 school year
NO ONE SHOULD BE COMING TO SCHOOL WITH A FEVER, students or school personnel! Must be FEVER FREE FOR 24 HOURS (without the use of fever reducing medication) BEFORE RETURNING TO SCHOOL!

“Cover your cough” and hand washing campaigns to continue throughout the District! Be an active participant!

Fact Sheet - Action Steps for Teachers/School Personnel to Prevent the Spread of Flu

Take the following steps ALL the time and not only during a flu pandemic to help keep your students and yourself from getting sick with flu.

• Educate and encourage students to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when they cough or sneeze. Also, provide them with easy access to tissues. Remind them to cover coughs or sneezes using their elbow instead of their hand when a tissue is not available.

• Remind students to practice good hand hygiene and provide the time for them to wash their hands as often as necessary. Allow use of alcohol-based hand cleaners in class and at school.

• Be a good role model by practicing good hand hygiene and covering your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.

• Keep an eye out for sick students and send them to the school Health Office for further evaluation. Sick people should stay at home until at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of fever-reducing medicine).

• Clean surfaces and items that are more likely to have frequent hand contact such as desks, door knobs, keyboards, or pens, with cleaning agents that are usually used in these areas.

• Teachers/staff should also stay home when sick. Stay home until at least 24 hours after you no longer have a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of fever-reducing medicine).

• If you are pregnant, have asthma, diabetes, or other conditions that put you at higher risk for complications from the flu, you should speak with your doctor as soon as possible if you develop symptoms of flu-like illness. People at high risk of flu complications who develop flu can benefit from early treatment with antiviral medicines