LETTER FROM SCHOOL NURSE/SWINE FLU FACT SHEET
By Becky Pullin, RN, School Nurse
May 01, 2009
Dear Parent, School Staff, and Students,
Yesterday, Mr. Adams and I attended a meeting held by the Dade County Health Department regarding the Swine Flu Outbreak. We would like to share that information with you. We are working closely with the Health Department. They will keep us well informed of the situation and provide us with any directions or guidance we should follow.
It is important that you keep yourselves aware of the ongoing situation and practice the preventative measures recommended by the CDC, State, and Local Health Agencies provided in the attached:
Fact Sheet regarding the Swine Flu
*Please read this information and practice the preventative measures that it recommends.
The school will be monitoring all students for signs and symptoms of flu-like illness. Students with Flu-like symptoms will be sent home. (See symptoms of swine flu on the Fact Sheet.)
*It is recommended that all individuals with Flu-like symptoms see a physician.
We ask that if your child is sick with a fever or Flu-like symptoms do not send them to school. Keep them home and have them seen by a physician.
We also ask that you notify the school if you are keeping your child home due to illness and let us know their symptoms.
If your child is absent from school and we do not here from you we will be calling you to ask your child's condition.
The most important thing to remember about all flu illnesses is that you can be contagious to others a day or more before you ever have symptoms. This means you should practice preventative measures at all times whether you are sick or not or whether those around you seem sick or not.
!!!Good Hand Washing is the MOST effective way to prevent the FLU!!!
Sincerely,
Becky Pullin, RN-School Nurse
