Goal

Who is Responsible

Resources Needed

Daily monitor reports of swine flu in Oregon

Maureen Pearson

Time/Internet Connection

Daily monitor of health of all faculty and students

Nancy Starr

Time

Make it very easy for a student or faculty member to stay home if they wake up with any sense of illness

Randy Bovee

Substitutes readily available

Have each teacher prepare Substitute Teacher Survival Kit that includes activities that are not time-sensitive for all classes for 2 days

Randy Bovee/Teachers

Time

Weekly monitoring of readiness to implement Part II of the Action Plan

Richard Pearson

Cleaning/Sanitizing supplies

Increase and systematically maintain faculty and student awareness of good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette

Dale Milam/MAA Staff

Time

Stockpile alcohol-based hand cleaner, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), disinfectant wipes, and other disinfectant cleaning supplies for custodians.

Richard Pearson

Budget to maintain supplies

Prepare isolation rooms for students to stay in until they can be sent home

Deans

Time/Appropriate supplies

Designate who will monitor the health of faculty and students, determine which illnesses are actually the flu and oversee isolation procedures and facilities. Review and approve his/her procedures.

Nancy Starr

Time/volunteer drivers/thermometers/ PPE

Identify the command hierarchy and how authority will be passed on should an administrator contract the flu

Randy Bovee

Refer to MAA Staff Handbook 09/10

Administer the (seasonal) flu vaccine to students (with parent permission and staff, beginning with those at greatest risk.

Nancy Starr

County Health Department

Update and expand the pool of available substitute teachers

Randy Bovee

Staff and Community members

Make sure all parents, students, and faculty understand Milo Adventist Academy’s plan to prevent and contain the flu. Carefully explain to parents isolation procedures.

Randy Bovee

Email, telephone, mail

Goal

Who is Responsible

Resources Needed

Make alcohol-based hand sanitizer freely available to all faculty and students in every public place, classroom, etc.

Richard Pearson

Supply of alcohol-based hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, etc.

Monitor, and when necessary, restrict travel of faculty and students based on having sufficient staff to supervise activity.

Randy Bovee

Information

Provide PPE to faculty and students at greatest risk

Nancy Starr

Supply of gloves, face masks, etc.

Have custodial workers begin disinfecting transmission hot spots 2 times a day.

• Doors
• Light switches
• Bathroom fixtures
• Drinking fountains

Richard Pearson

Clorox wipes/cleaning supplies

Have teachers and students disinfect computer keyboards and desktops at the start of each class period

Teachers

Clorox wipes, other appropriate cleaning supplies

Daily remind students what the early symptoms of the onset of flu are; stress the importance of going into isolation at the first sign of illness; actively work to reduce the stigma for reporting oneself sick.

Nancy Starr/ MAA Staff

Milo Times, Focus Period, Dorm Worships

Put in place the mechanism developed for determining whether or not someone who is ill actually has the flu.

Nancy Starr

Local urgent care facility

Goal

Who is Responsible

Resources Needed

Notify all students, their parents, and faculty that there is a case of the flu. Assure them that all possible steps are being taken to contain it and keep people safe/healthy

Randy Bovee

Email, Telephone, Mail

Isolate the sick student or faculty member until 24 hours after last flu symptom is noted (Temp below 100 F without fever reducing meds)

Randy Bovee

Good communication and substitutes

In order to prevent the spread of the flu, require siblings/roommates/closest associates of the person with the flu to wear Personal Protective Equipment and expand the boundaries of their social space

Deans

PPE Supplies

Fully disinfect the personal spaces or equipment used by the person with the flu

Deans

Time and cleaning supplies

Have the administrative secretary visually check every student and faculty member, every morning and evening.

Nancy Starr

Time

School closure is not currently recommended as a strategy for reducing the spread of the flu. However, local conditions may occur that lead us to consider dismissing school. Oregon Public Health Division and Oregon Department of Education recommend that we take the following steps:

1. 1. Consult with the Douglas County Health Department when school dismissal is being considered.
2. 2. Determine the threshold of when we do not have the ability to appropriately supervise students.
3. 3. When it is decided to dismiss school in relation to Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1), notify the Douglas County Health Department and file an electronic report as soon as possible.

In addition to the above steps, we will consult with Oregon Conference of SDA administration at each step.

Randy Bovee

Telephone

Goal

Who is Responsible

Resources Needed

Students may return to the classroom after they have been without fever for more than 24 hours.

Nancy Starr

Communication with parents and medical personnel.