Tips For School Health Screening: Implementation Tips During Respiratory Disease Outbreaks – tip sheet can be found on the main Nebraska Department of Education Health Services page – under Resources for School Nurses – https://www.education.ne.gov/csss/school-health-education-and-services/#1662487050946-9d9b3e45-f22c

Disposal of Medical Waste and Sharps in Schools

• Disposal of Medical Waste and Sharps in Schools.pdf

NE ICAP: Table of Communicable Disease

HFMD one pager

HFMD one pager Spanish 

Downloadable Poster: 7 Layers of Protection from Respiratory Illness for Schools

https://www.education.ne.gov/csss/school-health-education-and-services/#1705420953187-f120bc58-38f9

The NICE Book Cleaning Handout in Color

The NICE Book_Cleaning_Handout_Black & White

Online Courses

Kids Health Zone Newsletters

CDC

• Preventing Spread of Infections in K-12 Schools | CDC

NE DHHS

• Exclusion Criteria Cheat Sheet for Enteric Diseases

NRC (National Resource Cener): Caring for Our Children, (CFOC) is a collection of national standards that represent the best practices, based on evidence, expertise, and experience, for quality health and safety policies and practices for today’s early care and education settings.

• Caring for Our Children | National Resource Center

Pertussis Resources

• MN DHHS – Pertussis: What Parents Need to Know Poster (Available in English, Spanish, Somali, Russian, and Hmong)
• NC DHHS – Spanish Pertussis Infographic

Nebraska DHHS School Resources

• DHHS   Resources for School Nurses
• DHHS Contagious and Infectious Disease Minimum Isolation Periods
  • Search “173” on the website to be taken to the Isolation Period Statute
• DHHS School Absenteeism Surveillance Enrollment
• Respiratory Surveillance Reports for Nebraska

OSHA

• US DOL – OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• APPENDIX D MODEL EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN (osha.gov)

CDC

• Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices | Injection Safety | CDC
• Appendix A: Type and Duration of Precautions Recommended for Selected Infections and Conditions | Infection Control | CDC
• Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients

NRC: National Health and Safety Performance Standards

• Sample Food Service Cleaning Schedule
• Cleaning Up Body Fluids
• Selection and Use of a Cleaning, Sanitizing, or Disinfection Product
• Routine Schedule for Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting

CDC Guidance to Reduce Spread of Seasonal Influenza in Schools

• Preventing Spread of Infections in K-12 | CDC
• Prevention and Control for Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Illnesses | CDC

National Cleaning for Healthier Schools:

• Cleaning for Healthier Schools-Infection Control Handbook 2020

NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health:

• Cleaning and Custodial Services | NIOSH | CDC

NEA Cleaning and Disinfecting in the COVID-19 Era:

• https://www.nea.org/resource-library/cleaning-and-disinfecting-covid-19-era

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

• Schools’ toolkit-safe-chemical-management-k-12-schools
• Selected EPA-Registered Disinfectants | US EPA

CDC:

• How to Read a Disinfectant Label (cdc.gov)
• Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Part 1: Set up the Cleaning Cart – YouTube
• School Protocol for Cleaning and Disinfection (smcoe.org)
• Project Firstline Infection Prevention Training for Frontline Healthcare Workers

CDC Training-Clean Hands & Spaces

• Clean Hands and Spaces Web-Based Training (Web-based) – WB4512 – CDC TRAIN – an affiliate of the TRAIN Learning Network powered by the Public Health Foundation

CDC Promote Clean Hands in Schools

• About Handwashing | CDC
• Handwashing Facts | CDC
• CDC TRAIN-Clean Hands & Spaces

Germ Smart Kids: How-To Handwashing Video

• How-To Handwashing Video
• Healthy Schools Healthy People Website with Resources

Children’s Hospital & Medical Cente

• Max the Vax

CDC Tools for School Nurses

• Printable Immunization Schedule

American Academy of Pediatrics

• Immunization Schedules | Red Book Online | American Academy of Pediatrics
• Reminder and Recall Strategies

• EPA: Creating Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools
• Your Local Epidemiologist-Ventilation
• ASHRAE Building Ventilation Standards
• CDC: Building Ventilation for Disease Prevention