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General guidelines for a sick student
- If a student has had a fever of 100¼ or more, the student
should stay home for 24 hours after the temperature returns
to normal, unmedicated.
- If a student has vomited or had diarrhea, the student
should stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
- If a student has any rash, which may be disease related
or you do not know the cause, check with your family physician
before sending your child to school.
Medication Policy
Holy Trinity School’s medication policy is in accordance
with the Minnesota Department of Health recommendations: The
school will not provide any medication (including
Tylenol or cough drops).
Whenever possible, medication should be
given at home and every effort should be made to avoid school
hours. The MN Department of Health recommends that the school
should not provide students with acetaminophen (Tylenol) or
any other medication. We will abide by this recommendation.
This recommended policy on medications is a concern for students
with long-term chronic illness or disability requiring medication
during the school day. In these cases, where failure to take
prescribed medication could jeopardize the child's health,
medication will be administered.
If a child must take medicine at school,
a parent/guardian must use the Permission
to Dispense Medication" form ( requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader). A from can be downloaded online, or can
be found at most doctor's offices or the school office. This
includes all prescription medications and over-the-counter
medications such as Tylenol, cough medicines, cold capsules,
etc.
- Medications must be administered by the school nurse or
designated school personnel. Parents should bring the medication
to the school office. Students may not keep medicine with
them.
- The form for administering medication (even nonprescription)
must have parent/guardian and physician signatures.
- All medications must come in a current prescription bottle
or original bottle.
This policy is designed to provide safe
administration of medication in school.
Health Aide
Health services are provided to Holy Trinity students via
the South St. Paul School district. Our health aide's primary
responsibilities are to provide hearing and vision testing,
maintain health records, and provide "on the spot"
nursing care for illness or injury. The health aide is available
only part time.
Screening
Yearly screening programs provided by the local school district
include vision (gr. K, 1, 3, 5 & 8), hearing (gr. K, 1,
3 & 8). Parent/guardian is notified when a potential problem
needing further medical evaluation is identified.
Records
The nurse also maintains a health record for each student,
which is updated yearly when parent/guardian returns the annual
Health and Emergency Census card in September. Immunizations
are reviewed on a yearly basis to be sure that each student
is compliant with Minnesota Law.
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