Clinic Guidelines
Please notify us of any changes to your student's health information. We must be able to get in touch with you during the day. Please update our office with any changes to your contact information.
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When to Keep Your Child Home From School
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Texas Department of State Health Services, and RRISD recommend that students be kept home from school if any of the following conditions exist:
- Signs of severe illness, including fever, irritability, difficulty breathing, crying that doesn’t stop with the usual comforting, or extreme sleepiness.
- Diarrhea or stools that contain blood or mucus.
- Vomiting two or more times in 24 hours, unless a physician feels the cause of vomiting is not an infectious disease, writes a note to that affect and the student is in no danger of becoming dehydrated.
- Mouth sores and drooling until a physician or the health authority does not feel the condition is infectious.
- Fever, rash, or a change in behavior, until a physician has determined that the problem is not caused by an infectious disease.
- Fever: Students with a temperature of 100˚F or above will be sent home. To prevent the spread of a contagious disease, ill students must be symptom free and fever free without the use of temperature reducing medications for 24 hours before returning to school.
ImmunizationsPlease send updated immunizations/affidavits to the clinic. District and state policy mandate that students be excluded from school until all vaccines are current. Click here for a list of 2018-2019 RRISD vaccine requirements by grade.
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Crutches & WheelchairsCrutches and wheelchairs are considered medical devices, and will need to have a doctor's order. Please fax, email, or hand-deliver the order to the clinic the first day your student returns to school with the device. Contact the nurse if you need more information.
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Communicable DiseasesPlease report all communicable diseases to the clinic. This information is useful in helping to prevent the spread of illness in the school. Examples include strep throat, chickenpox, pink eye, impetigo, and scarlet fever.
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