Main Navigation

• Front Page
• Contact Us
• Administrative Notes
  • Superintendent
  • Principal
• About Our School
  • Mission Statement
  • Our School Profile
• Academics
  • Curriculum Guide
• Athletics and Activities
• Elementary News
  • First Grade
  • Second Grade
  • Title I
• Board of Education
  • Agenda
  • Members
• Cedar Bluffs Education Foundation
• Counselor Notes
  • Scholarship and ACT Information
• Daily Bulletin
• FBLA
• HALL OF FAME
• School Closing Information
• Staff Directory
  • Administration
  • Staff Email
  • Staff Members
• Student Handbook
  • Forms
• Students Speak
• On Line Research Resources
• Archives

Top

H1N1 Flu Protocols

Health & Wellness

H1N1 Flu Protocols
Cedar Bluffs Public Schools will follow the H1N1 recommendations made by the CDC, Three Rivers Health Department, and the Nebraska Department of Education.

Surfaces that are more likely to have frequent hand contact, (for example, keyboards or desks), will be disinfected on a periodic basis as well as when a student or employee is sent home from school with flu-like symptoms.

CDC
• Individuals with influenza-like illness remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever (100° F [37.8° C] or greater), or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications.
• Students and staff who appear to have an influenza-like illness at arrival or become ill during the day be promptly separated from other students and staff and sent home.
• Students and staff are encouraged to wash their hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective at killing flu germs.
• Students and staff should cover their nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing and throw the tissue in the trash after use.
• Ill staff and parents of ill students at higher risk of complications from influenza are encouraged to seek early treatment.
• If influenza severity increases, schools should consider instituting active fever and respiratory infection symptom screening of students and staff when they arrive at school.
• If influenza severity increases, students and staff at high risk for influenza complications may consider staying home from school while influenza transmission is high in their community if they, or their families, are concerned about their ability to avoid influenza at school.
• If influenza severity increases, school-aged children who live with people with influenza-like illness should remain home for 5 days from the day the first household member got sick.
• If influenza severity increases, schools should explore innovative methods for increasing social distances within the school environment.
• If influenza severity increases, individuals with influenza-like illness should remain at home for at least 7 days, even if symptoms resolve sooner. Individuals who are still sick 7 days after they become ill should continue to stay home until at least 24 hours after symptoms have resolved.

Three Rivers Health Department
School surveillance, the tracking of attendance data by Three Rivers Health Department, will continue to take place once a week. If the absent rate is close to 10%, surveillance will be conducted daily. The recommendation to close school for five to seven days may be made when the absent rate is close to 20%.

Jeff Kuhr, Director of the Three Rivers Health Department will provide our school district with materials to promote good hand hygiene.

Each classroom will have germ-x hand sanitizer available for student use in all classrooms.

Vaccine Distribution Locations
In the event our school district is chosen to be a vaccine distribution site, we would utilize the high school gym.

Communication with Parents
Information about H1N1 will be posted on our school web site. Links to the CDC and Three Rivers Health Department will be provided. The Alert Now notification system will be used as needed.

CDC

Three Rivers Health Department

Questions & Answers: Three Rivers Health Department