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Galloway Township Health Information for Staff 2020-2021

Topics

❖ Screenings - Staff & Students ❖ Exclusion Information & Risk Levels ❖ Contact, Quarantine, & Isolation Defined ❖ Sending Students to Nurse Office ❖ Preparing for Contact Tracing ❖ Protocols Shared with Families ❖ Healthy Habits ❖ Hand Washing & Hand Sanitizer ❖ Masks ❖ Disposal of PPE ❖ HIPAA & FERPA This presentation will be placed on the staff resource page for reference.

Coming to School Healthy - Staff and Students

Screening at home before entering district buildings

COVID-19 Symptoms

• Similar to many illnesses
• There is not a single

symptom predictive of COVID-19

• Symptoms appear 2-14

days after exposure

Staff Screening - Via OnCourse

Staff will complete the “Daily Health Screening” via OnCourse daily before arriving to work. ❏ Complete the screening ❏ Come to work if “approved” ❏ Contact your supervisor if “not approved”

Resource: Travel Advisory List - Stay home if you have traveled to these areas.

Daily Student COVID-19 Screening for Students

Parent(s)/Guardian(s) commitment to complete the daily health screening of their child(ren) will take place through the annual registration within OnCourse.

Risk Matrix - Updated Weekly

Resource: Weekly COVID-19 Activity Reports

COVID-19 Exclusion Criteria

What is Contact?

• For COVID-19, a close contact is

anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 10 minutes. ○ Per episode - not cumulative

• An infected person can spread

COVID-19 starting 48 hours (or 2 days) before the person had any symptoms or tested positive for COVID-19.

• You are still considered a close contact

even if you were wearing a mask while you were around someone with COVID-19.

• If a student has a fever, siblings are not

sent home unless they have symptoms.

What you need to know about contact tracing...

• Any student or staff member a student may

have come in contact with. ○ Classroom ○ Bus ○ Other

• Information you will need to provide if a

student in your classroom tests positive: ○ Close contacts ○ Seating assignment ○ If the student under investigation left the classroom (i.e. bathroom) ○ Times of mask breaks (breakfast, lunch)

Sending Students to the Health office

• Students sent to the health office will be

screened

• Students will be isolated if presenting with

symptoms of COVID-19 in a separate area (isolation room) from health office

• Students will be sent home based on

guidelines from the school physician health orders, NJ Dept of Health and CDC guidelines

• The School Nurse will work with building

administration, district administration and the Atlantic County Department of Health in the event of exposure

• Guidance on quarantine, isolation and any

possible closure will be followed based on state guidelines (last updated Aug 13, 2020)

https://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/topics/NC OV/RecommendationsForLocalHealthDepts_K12Scho

• ls.pdf

How to Send SICK and WELL Students to the Health office

• Complete the “Nurse Pass” form and check off the

symptoms/reasons the child needs to see the nurse.

• Call the nurse office BEFORE you send the student to the nurse
• ffice. (Minimizes exposure of sick students to well students.

And vice versa.)

• If the nurse does not answer, contact the main office who will contact

the nurse.

• Scheduled Nurse Visits: If you have preset visits for a child to the

nurse office, you do not need to call the nurse office. The nurse will contact you if the child should not report.

Protocols shared with families...

Frequently asked questions about handwashing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

How Germs Spread

Washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of respiratory and diarrheal infections from one person to the next. Germs can spread from other people or surfaces when you:

• Touch your eyes, nose, and mouth with

unwashed hands

• Prepare or eat food and drinks with

unwashed hands

• Touch a contaminated surface or
• bjects
• Blow your nose, cough, or sneeze into

hands and then touch other people’s hands or common objects

HANDWASHING - Follow Five Steps to Wash Your Hands the Right Way

1. Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap. 2. Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails. 3. Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice. 4. Rinse your hands well under clean, running water. 5. Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.

Key Times to Wash Hands

• Before, during, and after preparing food
• Before eating food
• Before and after caring for someone at home who

is sick with vomiting or diarrhea

• Before and after treating a cut or wound
• After using the toilet
• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who

has used the toilet

• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
• After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal

waste

• After handling pet food or pet treats
• After touching garbage

During the COVID-19 pandemic, you should also clean hands:

• After you have been in a

public place and touched an item or surface that may be frequently touched by other people, such as door handles, tables, gas pumps, shopping carts, or electronic cashier registers/screens, etc.

• Before touching your eyes,

nose, or mouth because that’s how germs enter our bodies.

Hand Sanitizer

Hand Sanitizer Do’s and Don'ts

DO ✅Use if soap and water are not available ✅Use after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing ✅Use after touching surfaces such as doorknobs

• r railings

✅Use before and after visiting someone at risk or

is sick

✅Use before you eat DON’T

✖ DO NOT use hand sanitizer if your hands

are visibly dirty or greasy.

✖ DO NOT rinse or wipe off hand sanitizer;

allow it to dry

✖ DO NOT allow young children under 6 to

use hand sanitizer, unless supervised; swallowing hand sanitizer in even small amounts can cause alcohol poisoning (call 911

• r poison control)

✖ DO NOT use hand sanitizer after using the

bathroom as it does not kill certain germs that can cause diarrhea

Coughing and Sneezing

Covering coughs and sneezes and keeping hands clean can help prevent the spread of serious respiratory illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and COVID-19. Germs can be easily spread by:

• Coughing, sneezing, or talking
• Touching your face with unwashed hands after

touching contaminated surfaces or objects

• Touching surfaces or objects that may be

frequently touched by other people

Teaching Children to Cover their Cough/Sneeze

MASKS

Your mask may protect them. Their mask may protect you.

Students are required to wear face coverings, unless doing so would inhibit the student’s health. It is necessary to acknowledge that enforcing the use of face coverings may be impractical for young children or individuals with disabilities.

PPE Exemption District office has emailed all parents/guardians a “PPE Mask Exemption Form”. Parents who complete this form MUST submit a doctor note documenting the recommendation. Meetings will take place at each school (ie: CST or 504) upon the receipt of a note to make the final determination.

Who also should NOT use masks...

• Children under age 2, due to the risk of suffocation
• The student is in extreme heat outdoors or is in water.
• During the period that a student is eating or drinking.
• Face coverings should not be placed on anyone who has trouble breathing or is unconscious,
• r anyone who is incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the face covering without

assistance (e.g. face coverings should not be worn by Pre-K students during nap time).

• The student is engaged in high intensity aerobic or anaerobic activities.
• Face coverings may be removed during gym and music classes when individuals are in a

well-ventilated location and able to maintain a physical distance of six feet apart.

• When wearing a face covering creates an unsafe condition in which to operate equipment or

execute a task.

Wear your Mask to Cover your Mouth and Nose!

Keep an eye out for… “mask-swapping”.

Recommended Masks Choose masks that…

• have two or more layers.
• completely cover nose and

mouth.

• fit snugly and don’t have

gaps. GAITERS Not prohibited, but NOT recommended Neck gaiters are not as effective as masks with two

• r more layers.

Effectiveness of gaiters is unknown at this time. Masks with Vents NOT Allowed - Prohibited Masks with exhalation valves or vents allow particles to escape.

Wear a Mask to Protect Others

• Wear a mask that covers your nose and mouth to help

protect others in case you’re infected with COVID-19 but don’t have symptoms.

• Wear a mask in public settings when around people

who don’t live in your household, especially when it may be difficult for you to stay six feet apart.

• Wear a mask correctly for maximum protection.
• Don’t put the mask around your neck or up on your

forehead.

• Don’t touch the mask, and, if you do, wash your hands
• r use hand sanitizer to disinfect

.

Face Coverings & Transportation

• Face coverings must be worn by all students upon entering the

bus unless doing so would inhibit the student’s health. It is necessary to acknowledge that enforcing the use of face coverings may be impractical for young children or individuals with disability.

• Accommodations for students who are unable to wear a face

covering will be addressed via a student’s individual IEP or 504 after receiving the PPE Exemption Request from a parent /guardian.

Removing Your Mask

• Untie the strings behind your head or stretch the ear loops
• Handle only by the ear loops or ties
• Fold outside corners together
• Place mask in the washing machine OR place mask in the trash can if

disposable.

• Be careful not to touch your eyes, nose, and mouth when removing

and wash hands immediately after removing.

FYI - Cleaning Your Cloth Mask

Washing machine

• You can include your mask with your regular laundry.
• Use regular laundry detergent and the warmest appropriate water setting for the cloth used to

make the mask.

Washing by hand

• Prepare a bleach solution by mixing:
• 5 tablespoons (1/3rd cup) household bleach per gallon of room temperature water or
• 4 teaspoons household bleach per quart of room temperature water
• Check the label to see if your bleach is intended for disinfection. Some bleach products, such as

those designed for safe use on colored clothing, may not be suitable for disinfection. Ensure the bleach product is not past its expiration date. Never mix household bleach with ammonia or any

• ther cleanser.
• Soak the mask in the bleach solution for 5 minutes.
• Rinse thoroughly with cool or room temperature water.

Drying your Mask

• Use the highest heat setting and leave in the dryer until completely dry.
• Air Dry - Lay flat and allow to completely dry. If possible, place mask in direct sunlight.

Donning—Putting on PPE (if needed)

1. Perform hand hygiene by washing hands or using hand sanitizer. 2. Put on an isolation gown. Tie all of the ties on the gown. 3. Put on appropriate facemask. 4. Put on face shield or goggles. 5. Put on Gloves

Doffing—Taking off PPE

1. Remove gloves. Ensure glove removal does not cause additional contamination

• f hands. Gloves can be removed using more than one technique.

2. Remove gown. Untie/break all ties in gentle manner, avoiding a forceful movement.

Reach up to the shoulders and carefully pull gown down and away from the body. Rolling the gown down is an acceptable approach. Dispose in trash receptacle. *

3. Perform hand hygiene. 4. Remove face shield or goggles. 5. Remove or discard respirator or facemask. Do not touch the front of the respirator or facemask.* 6. Perform hand hygiene after removing the respirator/facemask and before putting it on again if your workplace is practicing reuse.*

Other Information...

• Individuals should be frequently reminded not to touch the face covering and to

wash their hands frequently.

• Currently, the CDC does not recommend use of face shields as a substitute for

face coverings. Therefore, they may not be used to satisfy the face covering requirement detailed above. However, they may be an option for students with medical or other challenges that preclude the use of face coverings. If face shields are used without a mask, they should wrap around the sides of the wearer’s face and extend to below the chin.

• Clear face coverings are available in the district for students and educators that

rely on facial cues. This might include students who are deaf or hard of hearing, students receiving speech/language services, young students in early education programs, and English-language learners.

• Provide face covering breaks throughout the day. Face covering breaks should
• nly occur when social distancing can be maintained and ideally outside or with

windows open.

• Face coverings should be provided by the student’s family/guardian.

HIPAA & FERPA

HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act FERPA is the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

• HIPAA does not generally apply to the school environment
• FERPA covers the privacy of a student’s education records, including health

records and the disclosure of information to outside agencies.

• However, during a “health or safety emergency,” information may be shared to
• utside agencies, such as the County Department of Health.
• The US government declared COVID-19 a “Health Emergency” on Jan 31,

2020.

FERPA & COVID-19 - What does this mean?

• School districts will collaborate as needed with the local County Health

department in regards to COVID-19

• School districts will work to notify parents of possible exposures within the

school while maintaining privacy and not disclosing personally identifiable information

• For more information, please refer to this document from the US Dept of

Education:

https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/sites/default/files/resource_document/file/FERPA%20and%20Coronavirus%20Frequently%20Ask ed%20Questions.pdf

Questions? Reach out to your school nurse for additional info.

Thank you!