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Communicable Disease Protocol
COVID

Please print, complete, and sign all forms pertaining to your child's condition and return to the campus nurse.  The Medication Authorization and Permission to Administer form must be completed for each individual medication (one form is used per medication).  Any changes to prescription medication administration, such as dosage and/or time to administer, require a physician's written order.  Medication orders are valid for the current school year/summer school session only.

Health Resources and Forms

Chronic Illness Forms

Please be sure to print a separate Medication Authorization and Permission Form for EACH medication to be administered at school in addition to the other forms below.

Medications for the emergency treatment of Asthma and Life Threatening Food Allergies can be considered for self-carry and administration if certain requirements are met. Please review this form carefully and discuss with your school nurse.

Medication CANNOT be carried by students without completion of all steps and discussion with the school nurse.

Procedure for Student to Self-Administer Medication

Communicable Disease Procedures and Protocols

For the well-being of students and staff, Humble ISD:

  • Trains nurses to keep a close watch on any student who comes to the clinic with fever or flu-like symptoms. School nurses exclude students from school attendance according to Guidelines from the Department of State Health Services.

  • Routinely cleans campuses with sanitizers and viruscides.

  • Operates an Humble ISD Police Department trained and equipped in Infectious Disease Procedures and Protocol.

  • Adheres to Spill Kit Procedures and Universal Precautions on Humble ISD buses.

  • Continually educates students, staff, and community members about the importance of frequent hand washing; covering a cough or sneeze; not touching one’s eyes, nose, and mouth; staying home when sick, and other measures to prevent the spread of all communicable disease.

  • Prevents the spread of rabies through a specified Bat Reporting and Removal Procedure.

     

COVID

For suspected communicable disease, District Health Services staff will exclude students from attendance in accordance with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).  This includes COVID along with other communicable diseases as set out in the DSHS  Communicable Disease Chart for Schools and Child-Care Centers.