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Illness Reminders
Mt. Lebanon School District Health Services Department utilizes the Allegheny County Health Department “Guide to Infectious Diseases for Schools and Daycare Centers” and information from the CDC when determining if a child should be sent home for illness or disease and when a child should return to school after an infectious illness.
A sick child may not learn effectively and may not be able to participate in classes in a meaningful way. Keeping a sick child home helps to prevent the spread of illness in the school community and allows the child an opportunity to rest and recover.
Please utilize the following guidelines when determining if your child is well enough or not to attend school:
- Acute cold/cough - where the student is unable to function or concentrate at school
- Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea - children should be free from vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school
- Temperature of 100 degrees or above - children should be fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication to return to school
- Contagious illness - such as strep throat - conjunctivitis - any illness or disease process that the use of an antibiotic is required - the child should be on the antibiotic for a full 24 hours prior to returning to school
- Suspected contagious disease/rash - if your child is sent to school with a suspected contagious disease/rash, a parent/guardian will be contacted to pick your child up, and a diagnostic referral will be given for your child to be seen by his/her health care provider. The diagnostic referral must be completed and the student cleared for re-admittance by a licensed healthcare provider prior to the student returning to school. The student must then be checked into school through the nurse’s office with the completed Diagnostic referral.
- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that “people with influenza-like illness remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are symptom-free.”
- If your child displays any COVID-19 symptoms or is awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test, please keep your child home until a diagnosis is confirmed. Please notify your child’s school nurse.
- If your child is COVID-19 POSITIVE, please notify your child’s school nurse and follow the CDC protocol for quarantine. Your child will need to remain at home for 5 consecutive days with the onset of symptoms or a positive test (if no symptoms), being day 0 -returning to school/activities on day 6 with a recommendation to mask for 5 days after returning (days 6-10) according to the CDC guidelines.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html
Please notify your child’s school nurse of any positive COVID test results and/or any contagious illnesses.
Thank you for your support and cooperation in keeping our students safe and healthy.
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