Scabies? Letter to all students or not?

[lissaq10]

I had my first case of scabies in an elementary Special Ed. class. I had made the decision not to send a letter home to all families, due to reading other posts. The teacher is very upset with my decision and went to the Principal. Do many of you not send out either? What kind of policy do you have on this? Is it specifically for scabies or do you have a general policy? I am very new in this role and there are not many policies in place. Looking for help.

Thanks

[Cattz, ADN]

Here is the link to the Missouri Manual. http://health.mo.gov/living/families/schoolhealth/pdf/Communicable_Disease.pdf In it, it indicates that the school should not send letters home without instruction from the Health Dept. I very, very rarely send notes home..d/t the hysteria that it causes.

Don't beat yourself up over it, even us old school nurses, get hung up by this dilemma once in a while. Hope tomorrow is a better day for you!!

[grammy1]

Reading these makes me very thankful that our health department has everything spelled out for us. We have complete protocols from them that we follow.