We have a 14 year old student with encopresis who is non-compliant with his bowel regimen and is frequently incontinent of feces.
Yesterday a teacher put her hand in some left-behind poo on a chair that this student sat in earlier in the day.
My junior high (I work HS but cover for jr high) principal wants this blood borne pathogen exposure testing pursed to the fullest extent. And was ready to have the students parents fill out permission slips for blood work (for the student) and full testing for the teacher.
The teacher is kind of meh about the whole thing other than being grossed out.
I couldn't talk the principal off the ledge of blood borne pathogen abyss, so I passed it on to Workplace Health. I was not aware that my school district has a contract with a Workplace Health department, but now I do!! I called a very nice nurse there and we had a good chuckle over my situation, she said "Let's take you out of the middle of this and have the teacher seen, then the doctor and the teacher can determine what testing (if any) needs to be done."
The principal did not look convinced that we didn't need to break out the haz-mat suits, but she is OK with the path we are taking as of right now.
It's all fun and games until someone touches the poo.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
Although I am not a school nurse this brought me back to when We were potty training our now 13 y/o son and he was happily running around the house with no diaper on and dropped a long on the living room carpet. I quickly scooped it up and sprayed a bit of sanitizer designed for pet stains without a second thought - My husband on the other hand was ready to call in a HazMat team.
Farawyn
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Bwhahahahahhaha!