Health Office

      

          Mrs. Kathleen Sclafani, RN BSN CSN-NJ

          James Monroe Elementary School Nurse

          Edison Township Board of Education

              kathleen.sclafani@edison.k12.nj.us

             Phone:                        732-452-2970 Extension 62004
             Fax:                              732-452-2975
             School Address:        7 Sharp Road, Edison, NJ 08837
             Office Hours:              8:45 am - 3:45 pm

 

Affiliations: 

  • National Association of School Nurses

  • New Jersey State School Nurses Association

  • Middlesex County School Nurses Association

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

  • James Monroe School Health & Safety Committee           

DECEMBER 2023 nEWSLETTER INFORMATION

  • If you do not have insurance that covers Physicals, Flu shots or other Immunizations, please call and make an appointment at the Edison Health Department. The next immunization clinic is on December 13, 2023. Schedule your appointment by calling the Toth Memorial Health Center at 80 Idlewild Road, Edison, NJ 08817 at 732-248-7286.

Don’t forget to send your documents to the school nurse please!!

DECEMBER 2023 health observances

National Influenza Vaccination Week           DEC 4 - DEC 8 
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/nivw/index.htm

National Handwashing Awareness Week    DEC 4 - DEC 10
https://www.texaschildrens.org/blog/2013/12/infographic-handwashing-awareness-week

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Students Who Are At Home Sick and/or Sent Home

Edison School District follows CDC recommendations: if your student is home with symptoms, or sent home because of symptoms of illness that are deemed possibly infectious, he/she/they are expected to remain out of school until their symptoms HAVE IMPROVED and they are fever free for 24 hours without taking medications such as Tylenol or Advil to keep body temperature low.  If your child has symptoms of:

  • Influenza (flu) https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/keyfacts.htm
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/index.html
  • Strep  Throat https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-public/strep-throat.html
  • Covid-19 -https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/whats-new-all.html#:~:text=What's%20New%20%26%20Updated&text=CDC&text=Given%20new%20evidence%20on%20the,schools%2C%20regardless%20of%20vaccination%20status.

and/or other viral illnesses, please have your child seen by their doctor to help prevent further debilitating illness and the spread of their illness to others.  

DOCTOR'S NOTES 

Please email these results to the health office and relay how your student's symptoms have improved before sending.  If your student has a cough that disrupts their own ability to do classwork and disrupts the curriculum for surrounding students and teachers, your child needs to stay home until it is improved. Please seek guidance from their pediatrician to help this happen and a note from the doctor with a return date. *Please note, school district protocol supersedes  the doctors note to return to school if your student has acute symptoms that are not improved. 

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