School Nurses, Staff and Childcare Providers

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Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department is committed to our partnership with schools and childcare providers in our community.

This partnership is vital to our mission to protect the public's health.

We have created this section as a resource for school nurses, staff and childcare providers. For more information, call (253) 798-6410.

MRSA Toolkits

• Childcare Program
• Elementary Schools
• Middle & High Schools

Public Health & Community Resources

• Access to Care
• Healthcare Referral Guide
• Low Cost Dental Resource Guide
• Family Support Centers
• Nurse-Family Partnership

To receive updated information you can sign up for Public Health eNews. Select "School Nurses, Staff and Childcare Provider".

To receive a monthly calendar for children's immunization, sign up for Public Health eNews and select "Children's Monthly Immunization Sites".

Parent Letters

• READ FIRST
• C difficile (English/Spanish)
• Chickenpox (English/Spanish)
• Colds (English/Spanish)
• Croup (English/Spanish)
• Fifth Disease (English/Spanish)
• Flu -- Influenza (English/Spanish)
• Gastroenteritis (English/Spanish)
• Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (English/Spanish)
• Immunizations (English/Spanish)
  
• Lice (English/Spanish)
• Mononucleosis (English/Spanish)
• Pinkeye -- Conjunctivitis (English/Spanish)
  
• Ringworm (English/Spanish)
• RSV (English/Spanish)
• Scabies (English/Spanish)
• Strep Throat (English/Spanish)
  

Fact Sheets

• Childcare and School Exclusions
• When to Keep Your Child At Home

Other Related Documents

• Help Control the Spread of Infectious Diseases in Schools (Washington State Department of Health)
  
• Reference Sheet for Parents and School Staff; Minimum Immunizations Required for School Attendance updated March 2012
• Recommended Administrative Procedures for Minimizing Immunization Exemptions
• Childcare Policies
  • Pesticides
• School, Preschool and Child Care Quarterly Newsletter (DOH) Spring 2011
  • New Immunization Exemption Law
  • 2011-2012 Vaccines Required for School and Child Care/Preschool Attendance Charts Revised
  • Child Profile Immunization Registry
  • School Use of the Child Profile Immunization Registry
  • Pierce County Decreases Exemption Rates in Rural School Districts
  • Immunization Exemption for Homeless Students and the McKinney-Vento Act
  • Start a Campaign for High Schoolers
    
• Communicable Disease and Immunization Newsletter
• Communicable Disease Reporting and Resource Manual
• School Safety
• Coordinated School Health
• Diseases and Conditions