Emergency preparedness
School Clinic: Free H1N1 vaccination for Sumner School District Students
The Health Department offering school-based H1N1 vaccination clinics around Pierce County. Select districts have been assigned a date and a location where students may receive free vaccinations. These clinics are for H1N1 (swine flu) vaccination only. Students in the Sumner School District will be vaccinated on December 5, 2009, from 9 AM to 4 PM (or until the vaccine runs out). This clinic will be held in Fife.
H1N1 School Clinic for Sumner, Dieringer and Fife students:
Fife High School
5616 20th St E
Fife, WA
Families can contact the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department with questions or concerns related to H1N1 vaccination by e-mail or call (253) 798-6410.
Guidance for Families
H1N1 (Swine) Flu
The Sumner School District is working in coordination with county and state health agencies to monitor incidence of H1N1. Our state health department and the state Superintendent of Public Schools have determined that it the most important thing students and families can do is to stay home when they feel ill.
Adults and children with H1N1 may have symptoms such fever (100° or more), sore throat, cough, body aches, headaches, chills, and fatigue lasting up to seven days. People are considered contagious as long as symptoms persist. If you or your child have flu-like symptoms, please stay home from school or work, monitor symptoms and contact your family health care provider if necessary. Students should not return to school until they are fever-free for 24 hours.
The Sumner School District is following this advice from the National Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for monitoring H1N1 in public schools:
- Separate ill students and staff until they can be sent home
- Students and staff should stay home when sick
- Wash hands often
- Clean more frequently in classrooms
- Consider selective school dismissal
What You can do to Prevent the Spread of the Flu
- Wash your hands frequently with soap and water
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing
- Stay home if you feel sick
Know the Symptoms of the Flu
The symptoms of the H1N1 flu are similar to the symptoms of the seasonal influenza:
- Fever (a temperature of 100°)
- Lethargy
- Lack of appetite
- Cough
- Some people with H1N1 flu have also reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Remember, if you have the flu
- Stay home if you have symptoms of the flu or if you feel sick
- Cover your cough
- Wash your hands frequently
- Get a vaccine when it becomes available
- Stay home for at least 24 hrs after the fever has ended
Know What to do about the Flu
http://www.flu.gov/
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
http://www.tpchd.org/page.php?id=456
State Health Department
http://www.doh.wa.gov/h1n1/
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