• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water for 20 seconds.
• Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze and or cough.
• Try to keep your hands away from your face and eyes.  Cold and flu viruses enter the body through your nose, eyes and mouth.
• Do not come to school when you have a fever over 100 degrees or if you have vomiting and or diarrhea. Stay home until you are fever free for 24 hours without using ibuprofen or tylenol.
• When you have cold or flu symptoms, stay away from crowds and disinfect telephones, door handles, keyboards, and light switches.
• Wear sunscreen when you go outside. Wear insect repellent as instructed with assitance of an adult.
• Wear your helmet when riding a bicycle or skiing/snowboarding.Remember to eat healthy foods, drink plenty of fluids, exercise daily, and get the proper amount of rest at night.
• Get plenty of rest/sleep at night.
• Eat healthy foods!
• Exercise daily and try to get outside and play! 

Medications
According to New York State Law, nurses are restricted from giving any internal medication except on written directions by the physician of a pupil. This includes all medications such as aspirin, nose drops, decongestants, antibiotics, etc. If your child needs to take medicine during school hours, please have your doctor send a written note stating the child's name, the name of the medication, the amount of medicine to be taken, the hour it is to be given, and the date the medication is to be stopped.



*** 2016 Zika Virus Fact Sheet
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