Clinic Notes

Kids Health
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H1N1 Nasal Spray School Letter
The Health Department provided us with a letter which explains the H1N1 nasal spray. It is posted to the GCPS web site along with other flu information. It has been forwarded on to you for your information. As this is a timely topic, you may wish to share it with others in your community.

Click here for the letter.

Clinic Procedures

1. Clinic Cards: Students must have a current signed clinic card on file in order to check out through the clinic. Please list any past/current medical problems on the back of the clinic card. If you move or if any health or medical changes occur, PLEASE notify our clinic so that the Clinic Card can be kept up to date.(Refer to section #3)

2. Check-Out Policy: The clinic is available for illnesses or injuries that occur during school hours. Students must have a valid pass before coming to the clinic. If a student is too ill to remain at school, a parent/guardian will be contacted to pick his/her child up. The clinic must get parent/guardian permission before releasing any student to anyone other than the parent/guardian unless it is an emergency.

3. Health Management Plans: If it has been indicated on the back of the clinic card that a student has a current medical problem, a completed health management plan (available from the clinic) should be on file in the clinic. These forms help provide the medical information needed to best care for your child while at school, and they must be updated each school year.

4. Medications: Taking medication (prescription and over-the-counter) during school hours is discouraged, but if the student needs medication at school; a parent/guardian must complete a Gwinnett County Administration of Medication Form. (Form is available from link on right.) All medications MUST be in the original container and stored in the clinic. Medications in envelopes or baggies will not be accepted. All medications must be brought to the clinic by a parent/guardian.

5. Inhalers: Students carrying prescribed inhalers with them throughout the day must have an Gwinnett County Asthma Action Plan Form , signed by a parent/guardian and physician, on file in the clinic.(Form is available on from link on right.)

6. Epi-Pens: Epinephrine (Epi-Pen) is a cardiac drug and must be stored in the clinic. If it is medically necessary for an Epi-Pen to be carried by a student throughout the day, rather than stored in the clinic, proper documentation from a physician MUST be on file in the clinic. Additional documentation for students requiring an Epi-Pen includes an Allergy Emergency Plan and a Hypodermic Injection Consent Form, signed by a parent/guardian (forms are available from the clinic).