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Daily Meaningful Contact List

Staff Surveillance Testing

COVID Guidelines for Staff/Students with Chronic Health Conditions and Acute Illnesses

COVID-19 Exposure and Positive Case Protocol

Steps to Follow When a Staff Member Discloses a Close Contact to a Positive COVID Individual Outside of Work

Isolation Rooms

Required Isolation Room Equipment

Each school site is required to identify and prepare an isolation room separate from the nurse’s office, where students or employees who may have COVID symptoms or other communicable disease will be assessed and held for pick-up if necessary. It is recommended the isolation room be located as close to the nurse office as possible, have an exterior door and attached restroom (if available) to minimize contact between ill students/staff with other individuals. However, each school configuration is different, and these options may not be available. Only essential employees and students assigned to the room may enter.

A record of individuals entering the isolation room will be kept for contact tracing purposes. The room will be disinfected several times throughout the day. Strict social distancing in the room is required and all individuals must wear appropriate PPE. Each school will address how the student will arrive at the nurse office or isolation room in their re-entry plan. Upon arrival to the isolation room and per NMDOH requirements, the student will be given a disposable mask to wear and their cloth mask will be placed in a plastic baggie to take home.

The school nurse will then assess the student. If it is determined the presenting symptoms appear to be COVID related and following the guidance from the NMDOH and NMPED, the student to be sent home and referred for follow-up medical care to include COVID testing. The parent/guardian will be called by the School Nurse, Health Assistant or Administrator with a request to pick up their sick child within 30 minutes. Parent/guardian will be informed by the staff member calling not to come into the school if they are experiencing any symptoms of illness.

They are to wait outside the door for their child to be escorted to them. Each school will follow their established student check out procedure. Any parent/guardian entering the school must wear a mask and use hand sanitizer upon entrance.