ACCIDENT PROCEDURE |
Every accident in the school building or on school grounds must be reported immediately to the main office. Accidents occurring during school-sponsored activities will be reported as soon as possible. Teachers and coaches must fill out an accident report form available in the office. |
Except for most minor injuries, the Administrative Assistant or the Superintendent will attempt to contact parents or, if parents are not available, the responsible person designated by parents on the student's emergency card in the office. When immediate medical attention seems advisable but not urgent, parents or the person on the emergency card will be asked to pick up the student from school. Medical emergencies will be referred immediately to the health center. |
School personnel are asked to take precautions to protect themselves and others from exposure to HIV antibodies - commonly known as AIDS. Because of confidentiality, no one is allowed to disclose the name of a person(s) with the AIDS virus and there is a severe penalty for doing so. School staff will protect themselves by following these procedures when dealing with body fluid spills: |
1) Wear latex gloves before helping the bleeding person.
2) Handle all body fluid spills (blood, urine, feces, vomit, or saliva) with latex gloves.
3) Disinfect any body fluid spills with a mixture of one part bleach to ten parts water.
4) Double bag all body fluid spills including the used latex gloves and label the bag.
5) Cleanse hands and any surfaces exposed to the body fluid spills.
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