CLINIC INFORMATION

Greetings from your School Health Room! 
Our goal is to ensure that your student enjoys a healthful, safe school year.  Please read the following information carefully and, if you have any questions, feel free to call your school health aide, Ann Labbe,   703-714-5710 or the public health nurse (PHN), Carol McDevitt, RN , 571-356-2134.
Your school health room services include:
1. Care of sick and injured students according to FCPS guidelines.
2. Hearing and vision screening (grades K, 3, 7, 10, new to Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), and those students referred by teachers and parents).
3. Administration of care for students with identified problems or conditions during the school day.
4. Coordination of care for students with identified problems or conditions during the school day.

How can you help your school health room provide the best possible care?
•Advise the school health aide(SHA) of any special health concerns.
•Immediately notify the physical education (PE) teacher if your child has any PE restrictions.
•Provide current home, work, and alternate telephone numbers for the Emergency Care Information form.                                                          Generally, a student may remain in the school health room for 15 minutes.  After that, if he or she is still feeling ill, parents will be called to take the student home.
•Keep sick children home.  It is difficult for students to concentrate or do school work when not feeling well.
•Children who have fevers (temperature of 100.0 degrees or higher), vomiting, or diarrhea are not able to stay in school.  It is best for children to be at home for 24 hours after these conditions resolve.
When medication must be administered during the school day, please follow the guidelines established in the current version of FCPS Regulation 2102:
1. Complete the FCPS Medication Authorization forms (available online at www.fcps.edu).
2. Provide the school with properly labeled containers (your pharmacist will usually provide an extra container if you request it).
3. Medications must be transported to and from school by a parent or guardian; except, with parent or guardian approval, a high school student may carry over-the-counter (OTC) medications from home to  the school health room and dropping it off upon arrival to school.
4. Medications must be kept in the school health room or other school-approved location.
5. OTC medications may be given up to ten consecutive school days with the parent’s or guardian’s signature on the FCPS Medication Authorization form before a physician’s authorization is required.
6. OTC medications that are pain relievers may be given as needed throughout the school year with only the parent’s or guardian’s signature on parts I and II of the FCPS Medication Authorization form and a proper label on the medication bottle (NAME, DOSE and FREQUENCY). No expired medication will be accepted.
7. Cough drops and throat lozenges may be carried and used by students in kindergarten through grade 12 as needed throughout the school year, provided they are in the original container or packaging.  Students must not share cough drops or throat lozenges under any circumstances.