C-Diff in Spec. Ed student

[lissaq10]

Need some help on how to handle Spec. Ed student with c-diff. The parent says that he has to be home-schooled with tutors and cannot be in the Elementary School. I am very new and unsure how this is handled in the schools

[MinnieMomRN]

Active C-diff?? I know that I would not be able to adequately care for this student in the school setting and maintain proper infection control. I think you need to team up with your school physician (or BOH) and the child's physician, and the special needs teacher. Not sure if being out of school two weeks will get them an at home tutor, but there will probably classwork sent home based on the child's ability. Sounds like a lot of health education needs to happen for the school board and the parents. Good luck!

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

A special ed student with ACTIVE c-diff?? Not in my school! What is that school thinking?! The parents should get a note from the md stating he has an active infection and needs to be on homebound instruction until he is no longer infectious. The people at the school making that decision are out of their minds? They are putting their other students and staff at high risk!

[ChristinP]

I should have mentioned before, our school and my sup would recommend the student stay home until treated and cleared by an MD.

[Arnu]

Doesn't matter what the school wants, its what the MD says. If he says that he can be in school, then the school can not keep him out. We had a student with an active infection (not c-diff) but contageous, and one that would require special gowning in the hospital setting, but the MD said they were absolutely NOT to be out of school. The school really wanted him out of school but their hands were tied because the MD said no way.

[lissaq10]

I think we are just trying to figure out if he should be in school or not. The child was pulled out of school several years ago and has not had ANY type of schooling since then. I think that it was said she was home-schooled,but that wasn't the case. We would like to get some services in place for this child and trying to figure out if we can bring her into the school, or if it's best to bring services to the home.

[Arnu]

If its decided that this child should be home from school then it sounds as though the parents can't be responsible enough to make sure she's doing work so its probably best for the school to aprove someone to go to the home an hour or two a day to make sure this child is doing her work.

As much as everyone wants this child to not contaminate others you need to get the MD on board, if he's not yet. Do you have permission to call the MD? If not, that should be the first step, or having the mother bring in a note from the MD. The school won't approve a tutor for home without that.