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Steps To Prevention of H1N1:

Action Steps for Parents to Protect Your Child and Family from the Flu this School Year

October 21, 4:30 PM ET
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends 4 main ways you and your family may keep from getting sick with the flu at school and at home:

• Practice good hand hygiene by washing your hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.

• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.  If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or shoulder; not into your hands.

• Stay home if you or your child is sick for at least 24 hours after there is no longer a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of fever-reducing medicine). Keeping sick students at home means that they keep their viruses to themselves rather than sharing them with others.

• Get your family vaccinated for seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu when vaccines are available.

If flu conditions become MORE severe, parents should consider the following steps:

• Extend the time sick children stay home for at least 7 days, even if they feel better sooner. People who are still sick after 7 days should continue to stay home until at least 24 hours after symptoms have completely gone away.

• If a household member is sick, keep any school-aged brothers or sisters home for 5 days from the time the household member became sick. Parents should monitor their health and the health of other school-aged children for fever and other symptoms of the flu.

Follow these steps to prepare for the flu during the 2009-2010 school year:

• Plan for child care at home if your child gets sick or their school is dismissed.

• Plan to monitor the health of the sick child and any other children in the household by checking for fever and other symptoms of flu.

• Identify if you have children who are at higher risk of serious disease from the flu and talk to your healthcare provider about a plan to protect them during the flu season.  Children at high risk of serious disease from the flu include: children under 5 years of age and those children with chronic medical conditions, such as asthma and diabetes.

• Identify a separate room in the house for the care of sick family members.

• Update emergency contact lists.

• Collect games, books, DVDs and other items to keep your family entertained if schools are dismissed or your child is sick and must stay home.

For more information:

• Visit: www.flu.gov

• Contact CDC 24 Hours/Every Day

  • 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)

  • TTY: (888)232-6348

  • cdcinfo@cdc.gov

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