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Clean
Hands Help Prevent the Flu
Clean
hands can help prevent the
spread of infectious
diseases, such as flu. This
podcast explains the proper
way to wash your
hands.Created: 5/1/2009 by
Coordinating Center for
Infectious Diseases,
National Center for
Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases, Influenza Division
(CCID/NCIRD/ID). Date
Released: 5/1/2009.
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Dear
Parent,
As you
may know, flu can be easily spread from person to person. Therefore,
we are taking steps to reduce the spread of flu in the Long Beach
School District. We want to keep the schools open to students and
functioning in a normal manner during this flu season. But, we
need your help to do this.
We are
working closely with the Mississippi Department of Education and
state and county health officials to monitor flu conditions and make
decisions about the best steps to take concerning schools. We will
keep you updated with new information as it becomes available.
If the
flu becomes more severe,
we may take additional steps to prevent the spread such as:
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conducting active fever and flu symptom screening of students
and staff as they arrive at school,
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making changes to increase the space between people such as
moving desks farther apart and postponing class trips, and
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dismissing students from school for at least 7 days if they
become sick.
For
now we are doing everything we can to keep our school functioning as
usual. Here are a few things you can do to help.
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Teach your children to wash their hands
often with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. You can
set a good example by doing this yourself.
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Teach your children not to share personal items
like drinks, food or unwashed utensils, and to cover their
coughs and sneezes with tissues. Covering up their coughs or
sneezes using the elbow, arm or sleeve instead of the hand when
a tissue is unavailable.
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Know the signs and symptoms of the flu.
Symptoms of the flu include fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit, 37.8
degrees Celsius or greater), cough, sore throat, a runny or
stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and feeling very tired. Some
people may also vomit or have diarrhea.
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Keep sick children at home
for at least 24 hours after they no longer have fever or
do not have signs of fever, without using fever-reducing drugs.
Keeping children with a fever at home will reduce the number of
people who may get infected.
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Do not send children to school if they are sick.
Any children who are determined to be sick while at school
will be sent home.
For
more information about flu in our community and what our school is
doing, visit the LBSD website at
www.lbsdk12.com
. We will notify you of any additional changes to our school’s
strategy to prevent the spread of flu.
Sincerely,
Carrolyn
R. Hamilton
Carrolyn R. Hamilton
Superintendent, Long Beach School
District
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Las manos
limpias ayudan a
prevenir la
influenza (Clean
Hands Help
Prevent the Flu)
Las manos
limpias ayudan a
prevenir la
propagación de
enfermedades
infecciosas,
como la
influenza. Este
podcast explica
la manera
correcta de
lavarse las
manos.Created:
5/6/2009 by
Coordinating
Center for
Infectious
Diseases,
National Center
for Immunization
and Respiratory
Diseases,
Influenza
Division (CCID/NCIRD/ID).
Date Released:
5/6/2009.
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