MISD Health Services Illness Policy
The Mansfield ISD Health Service Department would like to encourage students and staff to take the
necessary precautions in reducing the transmission of communicable diseases.
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Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based
hand cleaners are also effective.
(Parents, please encourage proper hand-washing techniques at home.)
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Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you sneeze or cough. Throw the tissue in the trash
after you use it. If tissues are not available, then cough in the crease of your arm.
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Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.As a school district, we are
cleansing flat surfaces with an approved cleaning agent and continue to educate staff and students.
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If your child has flu-like symptoms, seek care from your primary care physician. (For those that are
uninsured, please contact the JPS school-based clinic, 817-548-2315.)
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Please keep your child(ren) home if they are sick for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a
fever, or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medicines.
Like many school districts in our area, we are also seeing an increase in absences due to illnesses, but
nothing that is alarming given the recent news stories.
Please do your part in reducing the spread of communicable diseases.
Contact your School Nurse if you have questions and/or concerns.
Kari George, RN, BSN
817-299-6670