Sensitive topic--Pertussis

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Anyone had to deal with this in their schools?

It's my 1st year at an elementary school (1st year as school nurse at all) and my 2 boys come with. Last week all 3 of my kids had raging head lice (which is rampant in the school) and now this week a positive pertussis in my 4th graders class. I mentioned to my boss he's had a cough off and on and should i be concerned adn now it's escalated above her and hes excluded from school for 5 days of antibiotics or until a negative PCR comes back. Taking him to the doctor in about 30 mins to discuss. But he has been coughing for awhile and i had bronchitis supposedly and have had a cough myself for almost 2 months. Sorry this is rambly I'm just torn about him being out plus not getting a lot of direction for how to deal with the issue at the school level yet.

Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

Reflecting on what Duranie posted, anyone who's ever watched a youtube video of an infant w/Pertussis would run, not walk their child and/or self to the nearest doc to get their DPT. Anti-vaxxers should be forced to watched one of those before they opt out of vaccines. child with pertussis - YouTube

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Reflecting on what Duranie posted, anyone who's ever watched a youtube video of an infant w/Pertussis would run, not walk their child and/or self to the nearest doc to get their DPT. Anti-vaxxers should be forced to watched one of those before they opt out of vaccines. child with pertussis - YouTube

I totally agree. Oddly I haven't heard much since getting the all clear with my son and have no quetions from parents....maybe they really did direct questions to the health dept like the note said!

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Reflecting on what Duranie posted, anyone who's ever watched a youtube video of an infant w/Pertussis would run, not walk their child and/or self to the nearest doc to get their DPT. Anti-vaxxers should be forced to watched one of those before they opt out of vaccines. child with pertussis - YouTube
I think every adult should have to watch this too. Outside of the healthcare industry many adults fail to keep up-to-date with their boosters. My niece got pertussis when she was just 2 months old after a family party where a dozen women over 50 played pass the baby. No one in our family is against vaccinations. She was in the PICU for a week. Now I hassle everyone about making sure they're up-to-date on their TDaP.
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