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Dear Parents,
As the school nurse, my priority is to keep
all Fairview Middle School children healthy
and in school. One way that we can all work
together to do this is to prevent the spread
of illnesses. If your child is not feeling
his/her best, please use the following
guidelines to determine whether or not
he/she should be in school.
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Child
should not be at school or in contact with other
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If child
feels well enough, may attend school: |
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Runny nose |
Cloudy or
yellow/green discharge with congestion, fever.
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Clear
drainage as with allergies |
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Cough
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Frequent or
uncontrollable, producing mucous, fever.
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Infrequent, no mucous is beingcoughed up and/or
child has been on antibiotics for at least 24hrsbefore
returning to school, or no fever.
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Diarrhea or
Vomiting |
More
than one occurrence; allow 24 hrs past last incident of
diarrhea or vomiting before sending child back to
school.
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Single
incident of diarrhea and no other symptoms.
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Strep throat
or
Scarlet
Fever |
Sore
throat that is suspicious for Strep (i.e.,the child has
frequent bouts ofStrep
or a friend or sibling has recently had Strep), fever,
(some children do not always have fever with Strep).
The best and only way to
confirm that someone has strep is to have a throat
culture.
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After 24hrs
of antibiotics |
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“Pink Eye”Conjunctivitis |
Eye is red
and swollen, itching, crusty, white or yellow drainage
is occurring. |
After 24hrs
of antibiotics |
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Rash |
Best to know
the cause before sending a child to school.
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Rash free or
with written permission from physician |
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Chicken Pox |
Itching
pink/red spots with blister typecenter, fever.
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Lesions
crusted over and dry, no fever.
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Head Lice |
Nits or Lice
present. |
Nit-free,
nurse has checked and permits student to go to class.
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If you think that your child might have a fever,
please check his/her temperature before sending
him/her to school. Your child should not be sent
to school until he or she has been fever free for 24
hrs or longer. Thanks for your help in keeping
Fairview’s Children healthy!
Denise
Hulan, R.N.
FMS School Nurse |
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