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RE: Healthcare Policy & Procedures

From: Patricia Cassidy, RN

General Guidelines For Sending An Ill Child Home

If your child has a specific physical problem, such as hearing, sight, speech, allergy, asthma, etc., please inform the Health Room and your child’s teacher(s) in writing at the beginning of the school year or when the problem is discovered. These problems should also be noted on the Emergency Medical Consent form that should be on file in the Health Room. No child should be sent to school and no child will be allowed to remain at school with the following:

Fever of 100.0 F or greater
Bacterial infections, such as impetigo, strep throat, or ear infections, unless the child has undergone 24 - 48 hours of treatment and has a doctor’s permission to return to school
Unidentified skin rash that has not been evaluated by a physician
Presence of live lice in the hair
Sore throat with fever or difficulty swallowing
Eye drainage (clear or yellow) with itching and history of crusting on lashes at waking
Vomiting at school or stomach cramping with history of vomiting in prior 24 hours
Diarrhea
Mouth sores with inability to control saliva
Chicken pox or other communicable diseases (see specific disease guidelines for school attendance restrictions)

Any child that the staff is concerned about medically, the nurse or aide will call to consult parent/guardian.

We are also requesting that “Guidelines for a Child to Return to School” be added to our Health Policy and Procedures.

Guidelines for When An Ill Child Can Return to School

No fever for 24 hours
No vomiting for 24 hours
No diarrhea for 24 hours
Has received 24 – 48 hours of antibiotic treatment for bacterial type infections and permission from a physician to return to school
No live lice in the hair

Cough drops will not be supplied by the school. Students may bring cough drops from home with a note from a parent/guardian indicating when they should be given. Cough drops must be stored in the Health Room and be dispensed by School Personnel.