Emergency information is kept in the office. At the beginning of each nurse’s school year, parents are required to complete a new emergency procedure card for each child attending school. If a phone number, place of employment, baby sitter or other parent’s address, information changes during the year, please notify the school. Any serious illness, accident, surgery or medical condition should also be reported to the school nurse. A confidential list of the medical problems of students is distributed to teachers each year to make them aware of any special considerations for the individual student. Communicable Diseases in School Children The following information is taken from the Regulations of Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Each teacher, principal or superintendent shall exclude students from school who have been diagnosed by a physician or are suspected of having the disease by the school nurse for the indicated time of the following diseases: STREP THROAT and SCARLET FEVER 24 hours from institution of – appropriate antibiotic therapy, must have a note from the physician. PINK EYE (acute contagious conjunctivitis) 24 hours from institution of – appropriate therapy, must have a note from the physician. RING WORM (all types) After institution of proper treatment, must have a note – from the physician. IMPETIGO Until judged no longer infective by the physician after – child’s treatment is instituted, must have a note from the physician. SCABIES Excluded until physician institutes treatment, must have a note from – physician. HEAD LICE If nits or lice are found, may return after one treatment with a – shampoo specifically for killing lice. Shampoo must be repeated one week later. Child must return box top of head lice shampoo used for treatment. CHICKEN POX Contagious 2 48 hours before vesicle appears and during – – active disease. Student may return to school when all sores are dry (usually 7-14 days). Dismissal for Medical Appointments
Emergency information is kept in the nurse’s office. At the beginning of each school year, parents are required to complete a new emergency procedure card for each child attending school. If a parent’s address, phone number, place of employment, baby sitter or other information changes during the year, please notify the school. Any serious illness, accident, surgery or medical condition should also be reported to the school nurse. A confidential list of the medical problems of students is distributed to teachers each year to make them aware of any special considerations for the individual student. Communicable Diseases in School Children The following information is taken from the Regulations of Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Each teacher, principal or superintendent shall exclude students from school who have been diagnosed by a physician or are suspected of having the disease by the school nurse for the indicated time of the following diseases: STREP THROAT and SCARLET FEVER – 24 hours from institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, must have a note from the physician. PINK EYE (acute contagious conjunctivitis) – 24 hours from institution of appropriate therapy, must have a note from the physician. RING WORM (all types) – After institution of proper treatment, must have a note from the physician. IMPETIGO – Until judged no longer infective by the child’s physician after treatment is instituted, must have a note from the physician. SCABIES – Excluded until physician institutes treatment, must have a note from physician. HEAD LICE – If nits or lice are found, may return after one treatment with a shampoo specifically for killing lice. Shampoo must be repeated one week later. Child must return box top of head lice shampoo used for treatment. CHICKEN POX – Contagious 2 – 48 hours before vesicle appears and during active disease. Student may return to school when all sores are dry (usually 7-14 days). Dismissal for Medical Appointments
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