Saint Anne School is not equipped to take care of sick students. Please do not send your child to school when he/she is ill. Please include on your emergency card the name and number of someone who can be called in the event you cannot be reached if your student becomes ill during the school day.

            St Anne Health Room Policy   (revised 11/01/06)

The St. Anne Catholic school staff strives to have a safe, healthy environment for all St. Anne students. St. Anne’s follows the school exclusion list from SC DHEC/Bureau of Disease control. Please use good judgment when deciding if your child should be kept home.

A rule of thumb for deciding whether or not to send your child to school: Would I want a child with these symptoms or illnesses sitting next to my child in the classroom or the lunchroom?

St. Anne does not have a nurse on site. School office staff operates the health room.  The Staff is certified in First Aid and CPR.  Please do not send a sick child to school as the school cannot care for the children who are unable to participate in normal classroom activities for the day.

If your child requires minor first aid, he/she will be sent to the health room. The health room staff will (when indicated):

·         Assess the extent of the illness/injury

·         Take a temperature

·         Apply bandages after thorough washing of minor wounds

·         Apply ice

·         Call parents and report any student head injury.

            Parents will be called to take their child home if the child has:

·         diarrhea

·         vomiting

·         lice or nits

·         fever

·         specified infections (from DEHC exclusion list)

·         unknown rashes

·         difficulty breathing

·         unusual lethargy

·         unusual severe irritability

·         discharge (yellow, green, or white) from  eyes

·         chicken pox

·         Illness or injuries considered by staff to be beyond the realm of the staff’s abilities to care for the child.

Children should not return to school until they are free from these symptoms or have a doctor’s release. Children should not be brought back to school the same day without a doctor’s release.

Records are kept of all students visiting the health room.

    STUDENT MEDICATION POLICIES (Diocese of Charleston)

Only necessary medication (such as for epileptics, asthmatics, diabetics, or ADD/ADHD) may be given at school.  All medication should be given outside of school hours if possible.  Three-times-a-day medications should be given before school, after school and at bedtime for optimal coverage.  If necessary, medication can be given at school only under the following conditions:

·         If medication is needed in order for the student to remain in school, this form must be completed by the parent/guardian, signed by the physician, and returned with the medication to the school office or nurse.

·         All medicine, including “over the counter,” must be prescribed by a doctor or dentist and must be in the original container and labeled with a current pharmacy prescription label.  The pharmacy can supply two labeled bottles for this purpose.  Medications sent in baggies or unlabeled containers will not be given.

·         The parent is responsible to bring all medication to office and to pick up unused medicine or it will be destroyed.

·         Antibiotics will not be given at school by school personnel.  If the parent feels the antibiotic must be given during the school day, the parent may come to the school office and administer it.

·         All medications must be kept in a locked cabinet/drawer in the school office.