Role of schools

• Communicate any unusual clusters of illness such as a diarrhea outbreak, rash-like-illnesses, or anything else that may be of concern
• Distribute information and exposure letters to parents and caregivers
• Foster a positive attitude in the classroom about keeping healthy through disease prevention (i.e. hand washing, cough etiquette, and routine practices)
• Provide public health with student directory and homeroom/class lists as requested
• Provide appropriate space for safe immunization clinics including a waiting area for students to remain 15 minutes following immunization
• Direct all communicable disease questions to the nurse

Role of public health

• Protect the public from communicable diseases by distributing vaccines, immunizing, detecting and controlling outbreaks and providing public health advice and education
• Implement public health follow up of individual cases and contacts that live within VCH
• Work closely with you to assess any situations and advise on appropriate control measures

Learn more about communicable disease control