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HIS Health Guidelines during the flu and other communicable disease outbreaks

HIS Health Guidelines during the flu and other communicable disease outbreaks

What exactly is out there?What exactly is out there?

•8• Influenza (better known as the flu)

• Norovirus

•8• Influenza (better known as the flu)

• Norovirus

How is the flu spread?How is the flu spread?

• The

5Cs

• The

5Cs

• Crowding• Contact• Cuts and abrasions

• Contamination

• Improper Cleaning

• Crowding• Contact• Cuts and abrasions

• Contamination

• Improper Cleaning

SymptomsSymptoms• Typical:• Fever of 37.8

degrees Celsius or greater

• cough• sore throat• a runny or stuffy

nose• body aches• headache• fatigue• Occasional:• vomiting• diarrhea.

• Typical:• Fever of 37.8

degrees Celsius or greater

• cough• sore throat• a runny or stuffy

nose• body aches• headache• fatigue• Occasional:• vomiting• diarrhea.

Most common placesto be found in school:

Most common placesto be found in school:

• Teacher desktops• Student desktops• Sink faucets and handles

• Entrance doorknobs• Computer keyboard• Pencil sharpener• Water fountain

• Teacher desktops• Student desktops• Sink faucets and handles

• Entrance doorknobs• Computer keyboard• Pencil sharpener• Water fountain

How to reduce the chances:How to reduce the chances:

• Please get vaccinated!

• Cover your mouth and nose

• Wash your hands• Don’t touch your eyes, mouth or nose

• Stay home

• Please get vaccinated!

• Cover your mouth and nose

• Wash your hands• Don’t touch your eyes, mouth or nose

• Stay home

As staff we:As staff we:

• Practice and preach good hygiene

• Clean surfaces and items that are used often

• Have personal protective equipment

• Practice and preach good hygiene

• Clean surfaces and items that are used often

• Have personal protective equipment

As teachers we:As teachers we:

• Encourage respiratory etiquette• Practice good hygiene• Are aware of groups of students higher at risk

• Act quickly during flu season• Provide time and supplies for students to wash their hands

• Are committed to providing a safe classroom

• Encourage respiratory etiquette• Practice good hygiene• Are aware of groups of students higher at risk

• Act quickly during flu season• Provide time and supplies for students to wash their hands

• Are committed to providing a safe classroom

As parents, please:As parents, please:

• Keep your child home when he or she is showing symptoms

• Be aware of current trends• Do not send your child to school when he or she is ill

• Be able to pick up your child if called in an emergency

• Do not send your child back until the appropriate amount of time has passed.

• Keep your child home when he or she is showing symptoms

• Be aware of current trends• Do not send your child to school when he or she is ill

• Be able to pick up your child if called in an emergency

• Do not send your child back until the appropriate amount of time has passed.

School Dismissal and Closure

School Dismissal and Closure

• School may consider dismissing students once 20% of K-12 are ill.

• Selective Dismissal • Reactive Dismissal• Preemptive Dismissal• All activities are cancelled

• School may consider dismissing students once 20% of K-12 are ill.

• Selective Dismissal • Reactive Dismissal• Preemptive Dismissal• All activities are cancelled

Preemptive Measures:Preemptive Measures:

• See a doctor for a correct diagnosis

• Stay home until you are better

• Staying home means staying home.

• See a doctor for a correct diagnosis

• Stay home until you are better

• Staying home means staying home.

ReferencesReferences

• CDC Questions and Answers: Information for Schools, Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Safer, Healthier, People, Feb 13, 2007

• School District (K-12) Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist, Department of Health and Human Resources

• Preparing for the Flu (Including 2009 H1N1 Flu), A Communication Tool for Schools (Grades K-12), Department of Health and Human Resources

• Gerba, C. P., (2009). Healthful Cleaning, American School and University, June. 36-39.

• Hokkaido International School, (2009). Pandemic Flu Rubric, retrieved from: http:// www.his.ac.jp

• CDC Questions and Answers: Information for Schools, Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Safer, Healthier, People, Feb 13, 2007

• School District (K-12) Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist, Department of Health and Human Resources

• Preparing for the Flu (Including 2009 H1N1 Flu), A Communication Tool for Schools (Grades K-12), Department of Health and Human Resources

• Gerba, C. P., (2009). Healthful Cleaning, American School and University, June. 36-39.

• Hokkaido International School, (2009). Pandemic Flu Rubric, retrieved from: http:// www.his.ac.jp