MEDICAL

Table of Contents
Introduction
I. Purpose
II. Background of H1N1
III. Local Resources
IV. Glossary of Terms

Community Mitigation: Non Pharmaceutical Interventions
V. Social Distancing
VI. Closing Schools
VII. Monitoring Illness in Schools
VIII. At Risk Students
IX. Exclusion Policies
X. Education
XI. Mitigating Interventions to Decrease the Spread of Infectious Agents
XII. Isolation
XIII. Cleaning and Disinfecting Surfaces

Community Mitigation: Vaccination in a School Setting
XIV. Organizing a School Sponsored Vaccination Clinic
XV. Resources
Footnotes
Appendices
Appendix 1 - WHO Pandemic Influenza phases
Appendix 2 - Pandemic Severity Index
Appendix 3 - Daily Influenza like Illness Surveillance
Appendix 4 - H1N1 Vaccination Liability Protections (PREP ACT)
Appendix 5- Sample Permission forms School located vaccination clinic, ideas to improve return of permission forms
Appendix 6- Checklist, Timeline for school located vaccination clinics

The purpose of this guidance is to review the current mitigation strategies and identify ways that school nurses can assist with the management of the H1N1 influenza illness in the school setting. Although each school and school nurse has different resources available, it is clear that the school nurse is an essential element in the planning and delivery of any school-based interventions. Since most of the disease identified, to date has been in the population under 18 years, schools have been identified as the epicenter of this current pandemic. Therefore, many mitigation interventions are focused on schools and school-aged children.

As school nurses engage in assisting with the planning and delivery of school-based interventions, it is important to identify the resources within their school and school systems, as well as collaborate and coordinate with the local health authority in their school community. It should also be made clear that this is a guidance document and is not meant to prescribe or require the nurse to perform in any way. These guidelines present opportunities for the nurse to use the skills they have in assessing illness in children, and given the unique position of trust and respect they have within the school community, to contribute to the management of an outbreak of H1N1 flu.

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