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A Note From the School Nurse

December 15, 2016 By tclark

 

A Note from the School Nurse

Is My Child Too Sick For School?

 

Each day many parents are faced with a decision: should they keep their sick children at home or send them to school? Often the way a child looks and acts can make the decision an obvious one. In accordance with Maine Department of Health and Human Services guidelines, a child should not attend school if he/she exhibits one or more of the following symptoms or infections:

Fever: The child should remain home with a fever greater than 100 degrees. The child can          return to school after he/she has been fever free for 24 hours (without fever-reducing           medicine such as Tylenol or Motrin)

Diarrhea/Vomiting: A child with diarrhea and/or vomiting should stay at home and return to        school only after being symptom free for 24 hours.

Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye): Following a diagnosis of conjunctivitis, the child may return to        school 24 hours after the first dose of prescribed medication.

Rashes: Common infectious diseases with rashes are most contagious in the early stages. A child with a suspicious rash should return to school only after a health care provider has made a diagnosis and authorized the child’s return to school.

Colds: A child with thick yellow-greenish mucous accompanied by fever, vomiting, diarrhea,               or constant nasal discharge should remain home. Very few younger children can     effectively blow their noses and wash their hands afterward. A child with the above      symptoms will quickly spread the illness to other children.

Sore throat, vomiting, earache or irritability accompanied by a fever.

Strep Throat/Impetigo and other bacterial infections requiring antibiotics.                              A student with strep throat must remain home until they have been on their antibiotics for a full 24 hours. Students with these symptoms cannot comfortably participate in program activities and unnecessarily expose others to their illnesses; they should stay home for at least 24 hours before returning to school.

 

Students should be fever-free without the aid of fever-reducing medication, such as Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen for 24 hours before returning to school.

 

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