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SCHOOL HEALTH

 Parasitic diseases

o Ascaris and oxyuris
 Diseases spread by contact

o Skin diseases (Scabies, ring worm, impetigo)
o Eye diseases (Ophthalmia, Trachoma)

Measures for prevention of communicable diseases at schools:

1. Immunization:
The school nurse is responsible for knowing about current
immunization schedules and should also know when communicable
diseases outbreak occurs that may affect children.

The immunization schedule given for school children in Egypt:

 Booster doses of DT in 1st and 4th year of primary school.
 Doses of meningitis in 1st year of primary school, 1 year of
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preparatory school and 1 year of secondary school.
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2. Healthful school environment; proper ventilation, safe water supply,
cleanliness, sanitary refuse and sewage disposal, vector control.

3. Providing education about health issues and promoting healthy
living habits as proper nutrition, exercises, adequate rest, and

personal hygiene.
4. Referral if necessary.

5. Providing a less favorable environment for the micro-organism

growth. By identifying children with communicable diseases and
excluding them from school as policies indicate;

 Hepatitis A  21 days
 Whooping cough  18 days

 Mumps  14 days
 Measles  14 days
 Chicken pox  14 days
 Scarlet fever  10 days
 G. Measles  7 days

6. Readmission to school after sickness, the child should be examined by

the nurse before readmission to school.

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