Monday, August 10, 2009

CDC Updates H1N1 recommendations for the upcoming school year

The CDC has updated their K-12 recommendations as follows if an outbreak is similar to earlier this year:
  • Stay home when sick (at least 24 hours without a fever off of fever-reducing medications)
  • Separate ill students and staff
  • Hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette
  • Routine cleaning (shouldn't they be doing this already?)
  • Early treatment of high-risk students and staff
  • Consideration of selective school dismissal
For an outbreak of increased severity, the following:
  • Active screening
  • High-risk students and staff members stay home
  • Students with ill household members stay home
  • Increase distance between people at school
  • Extend the period for ill persons to stay home (up to 7 days)
  • School dismissals
Click here for the detailed updated recommendations

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