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Disease Reporting
1-800-821-5821
Information for Schools
On this page:
- Preventing and Responding to flu
- School-based Vaccine Clinics
- Additional Resources (DOE links, Public Health links, Materials for Teachers)
Preventing and Responding to Flu
- Encourage students, parents, and staff to take the time to get a yearly flu vaccine.
- Those with flu-like illness should stay home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever, or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medicines. They should stay home even if they are using antiviral drugs. If a child comes to school sick, they will be sent home. Please do not send your child to school if they are not feeling well.
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Report elevated absenteeism or school closure due to illness.
- School absentee reporting
- Encourage students, parents, and staff to take basic preventive actions, including covering coughs and washing hands.
- School staff should routinely clean areas that students and staff touch often with the cleaners they typically use.
School administrators with questions about reporting increased absenteeism, precautions to take, or the ways in which to notify parents about cases of flu in the school, should contact Maine CDC’s Clinical Consultation line at 1-800-821-5821 or e-mail: disease.reporting@maine.gov .
School-located Vaccine Clinics (SLVC)
Maine CDC will be providing vaccine for SLVC for the 2011-2012 school year. The materials in the toolkit below are meant to serve as a resource for those conducting SLVC. If you have questions, please see our FAQ. A listing of registered SLVC will be updated weekly.
SLVC Toolkit
Important forms and guidance documents
| Form | Word* | PDF* |
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Clinic Registration |
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| Letter to schools & health care providers that participated in SLVC in 2010-11 (June 2011) |
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| SLVC Registration Guidance for schools and health care providers (August 2011) | word | |
| Vaccine Ordering Guidance (August 2011) | word | |
| SLVC Supply Ordering Guidance for SAUs (September 2011) | word | |
| SLVC Registration form | word | |
Documents to Send Home |
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| Template Parent Letter | word | |
| Health Screen and Permission form* *This sample has all required elements and should be sufficient as-is for most purposes. Schools may reformat this form or add elements to it, but may not delete any of the content. |
word | |
Information Sheet Regarding Doses for Children Under 9 |
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| Fact Sheet on School-based Vaccine Clinics | word | |
| VIS for Injectable Vaccine - includes links to translated and large print versions | ||
| VIS for Nasal Spray Vaccine - includes links to translated versions | ||
Documents in Other Languages |
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| Health Screen and Permission form - Amharic | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form – Arabic | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form – Chinese-Mandarin | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form – French | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form – Khmer | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form – Russian | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form - Somali | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form – Spanish | N/A | |
| Health Screen and Permission form - Vietnamese | N/A | |
Clinic Guidance |
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| SLVC Planning & Supply Guidelines | word | |
| Sample Immunization Clinic Guidelines | word | |
| Health Screen and Permission Form Guidance | word | |
| Refusal to Stay | word | |
| Standing Order Template* *These are example protocols to be implemented locally. The ordering physician may alter these protocols in any way to meet local needs. |
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Sample Emergency Protocols |
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| Administration of Epinephrine and Benadryl | word | |
| Emergency Plan for Anaphylaxis | word | |
| Exposure to Blood and Infectious Material | word | |
Vaccine Storage and Handling |
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| Checklist for Safe Handling and Storage | word | |
| Proper Maintenance and Storage of Vaccine | word | |
| Transporting Small Quantities of Vaccine | word | |
| Transporting Large Quantities of Vaccine | word | |
Billing |
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| Student Roster Billing Through ImmPact2 | word | |
| Letter Regarding Roster Billing for Staff Vaccinations at School Clinics (Sept. 2011) | ||
| Roster for Billing Staff Vaccinations at School Clinics | ||
Additional Resources
- Materials for Teachers
- School Materials and Posters
- Influenza Flu Poster Order Form
- BAM! Body and Mind. Teacher's Corner
- In this activity, students will conduct an experiment on washing their hands. They will learn that "clean" hands may not be so clean after all and the critical importance of washing their hands as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
