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Illness and Medication Policy
We are asking for your continued cooperation in assisting us to control the spread of communicable diseases at school. Our goal is to make our school a healthy, safe place for both students and staff. We will call you immediately if your child becomes ill during school hours. You are expected to arrange for your child to be picked up as quickly as possible after receiving our call. Our school clinic is not equipped or staffed to handle ill children for long periods of time. If you have any questions please call the school clinic at 813-871-7674.
Please inform us immediately if telephone numbers or other information on your child's emergency card changes. The information on this card is vital for the safety and well-being of your child.
We ask you not to send your child to school if any of the signs/symptoms listed below are present:
• Vomiting or diarrhea with the past 24 hours
• Fever within past 24 hours
• Sore/red throat
• persistent coughing or sneezing
• Red, watery eyes
• Rash
• Earache, drainage from ear
• Excessive mucus from nose (runny nose), particularly greenish-yellow mucus
Please call Dickenson Elementary at 813-673-4470 Ext.1400 before 9:00 a.m. to report your child's absence.
Your child should return to school as soon as the signs/symptoms are gone or when your physician provides a written statement indicating your child is ready to return.
If your child has a communicable disease, please call and tell us the nature of the illness and when we can expect his/her return to school. Thank you for working with us.
Administration of Medications at School
All medications to be administered by school personnel MUST be received, COUNTED at time of receipt, and stored in its original container. Please DO NOT SEND CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITH MEDICATION.
Medications should be sent to school via a responsible adult.
Oral nonprescription drugs will be dispensed only when accompanied by written orders form a physician
This policy requires some time for the parent who must count it in the office, so please leave yourself enough time to accomplish this with one of our staff. We WILL NOT administer medication if this procedure is not followed.
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