SISD School Nurses are following DSHS and CDC guidelines in sending these type of students home'

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SISD School Nurses are following DSHS and CDC
guidelines in sending these type of students
home.

• Send sick students, teachers, and staff home and
  advise them and their families that 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).

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• Families, students, and school staff can keep
  from getting sick with flu in three ways
• Practicing good hand hygiene. Students and staff
  members should wash their hands often with soap
  and water, especially after coughing or sneezing.
  Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
• Practicing respiratory etiquette. The main way
  that the flu spreads is from person to person in
  the droplets produced by coughs and sneezes, so
  its important to cover your mouth and nose with
  a tissue when you cough or sneeze. If you dont
  have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or
  shoulder, not into your hands.
• Staying home if youre sick. Keeping sick
  students at home means that they keep their
  viruses to themselves rather than sharing them
  with others.
• Students, staff, and their families must take
  personal responsibility for helping to slow the
  spread of the virus by practicing these steps to
  keep from getting sick with flu and protecting
  others from getting the

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• What You Can Do to Stay Healthy PREVENT AND
  PREPARE!
• Take everyday actions to stay healthy. You know
  what these are getting enough sleep, eating
  well, avoiding stress, and drink plenty of
  fluids.
• Cover your cough.  Cover your nose and mouth with
  a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the
  tissue in the trash after you use it. If you do
  not have a tissue handy, sneeze or cough into the
  inside of your elbow. Your elbow rarely touches
  anything else.
• Clean your hands often. Soap and water is
  preferred, especially after you cough or sneeze.
  Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective
  and should be used when you cant wash your
  hands. You can find this type of cleanser just
  about anywhere. It comes in different sizes that
  fit on your desk, car, purse, or pocket.

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• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs
  spread that way you can infect yourself.
• Stay home when you are ill.  Do not send your
  children to school when ill.
• Follow public health advice. Your local public
  health department will be looking at ways to
  reduce opportunities for exposure and to prevent
  infection, such as encouraging vaccination.
• Develop a family emergency plan as a precaution.
  This should include storing a supply of food,
  medicines, facemasks, alcohol-based hand rubs and
  other essential supplies. Remember your pets
  needs.
• Stay Informed  Check the following websites
  often for information.
• CDC website www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu
• DSHS website www.texasflu.org

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• Clean surfaces and items that are more likely to
  have frequent hand contact.
• Custodial services are cleaning individual desk
  tops and computer keyboards daily.
• Child Nutrition Services are providing hand
  sanitizer for students to use before they eat.

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• High-risk groups A person who is at high-risk
  for complications of novel influenza (H1N1) virus
  infection is defined as the same for seasonal
  influenza at this time. As more epidemiologic and
  clinical data become available, these risk groups
  might be revised.
• Children younger than 5 years old. The
  risk for severe complications from seasonal
  influenza is highest among children younger than
  2 years old.
• Adults 65 years of age and older.
• Persons with the following
  conditions
• Chronic pulmonary (including asthma),
  cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal,
  hepatic, hematological (including sickle cell
  disease), neurologic, neuromuscular, or metabolic
  disorders (including diabetes mellitus)
• Immunosuppression, including that caused by
  medications or by HIV
• Pregnant women
• Persons younger than 19 years of age who are
  receiving long-term aspirin therapy
• Residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care
  facilities.

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H1N1 Flu Free Materials Ask Dr. Anne August
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12 "Information about the Flu -including the new
H1N1 Flu- for People with Certain Medical
Conditions" August 12
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• Q. Who will be recommended as priority groups to
  receive the novel H1N1 vaccine?A. CDCs
  Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
  (ACIP) has recommended that certain groups of the
  population receive the novel H1N1 vaccine when it
  first becomes available.
• These key populations
• include pregnant women,
• people who live with or care for children younger
  than 6 months of age,
• healthcare and emergency medical services
  personnel,
• persons between the ages of 6 months and 24
  years old,
• and people ages of 25 through 64 years of age
  who are at higher risk for novel H1N1 because of
  chronic health disorders or compromised immune
  systems.