KILGORE COLLEGE'S RECOMMENDED H1N1 RESPONSE PROTOCOLS |
| Recently, you have heard a lot about the novel H1N1 flu pandemic. According to a representative of the Texas Department of State Health Services, 99% of the patients testing positive for the Type A flu strain so far this season have the H1N1 virus. However, not every illness is H1N1. |
| Common symptoms of the H1N1 flu are: |
- Fever of 100 degrees or more
- Headache
- Muscle aches
- Chills
- Extreme Tiredness
- Dry Cough
- Runny Nose
- Stomach Problems
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You do not need to experience all of these symptoms to have the flu. If you have one or two, it's recommended that you seek medical attention. |
POSSIBLE FLU INFECTION CHECKLIST |
| 1) Practice proper infection control. |
- Frequently wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds
- Use hand sanitizer often
- Use proper cough/sneeze etiquette – cough into your sleeve or a tissue, not your hands!
- Discard used tissues promptly
- Practice social distancing – stay at least 6 feet away from those who appear ill
- Do not share food, drinks, or personal care items with others
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth
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| 2) Be prepared to get sick. |
- Create a flu-pack that includes a mercury-free thermometer, tissues, hand sanitizer, fever reducing medications such as Advil or Tylenol, noncarbonated beverages, and aerosol disinfectant
- Students should make a contact list of their instructors, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for use in notifying faculty in case of an illness
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| 3) Get a seasonal flu vaccine as soon as possible |
| 4) If you are in a targeted group, get the novel H1N1 vaccine as soon as it’s available |
| 5) If you are sick – stay home! |
- Remain home until you are fever free for 24 hours, without the use of fever reducing medications such as Advil or Tylenol.
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUTER STUDENTS |
- If you exhibit influenza like illness symptoms, seek medical attention. If you do not have a personal/family physician, go to the campus nurse in the Parks Fitness Center for a referral/diagnosis.
- Follow all of the medical directives provided by the nurse and/or physician.
- Notify your instructors if you are diagnosed with the flu and make arrangements to get your class assignments and or make up work missed. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN UNEXCUSED ABSENSES.
- Do not attend classes until 24 hours after your fever has gone without the aid of fever reducing medications such as Advil or Tylenol.
- Keep away from others as much as possible.
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS LIVING ON CAMPUS |
- If you feel sick, go to the campus nurse in the Parks Fitness Center for a referral/diagnosis.
- Follow all of the medical directives provided by the nurse and/or physician.
- If you have been diagnosed with the flu and you can go home, it is recommended that you do so.
- Notify your instructors if you are diagnosed with the flu and make arrangements to get your class assignments and or make up work missed. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN UNEXCUSED ABSENSES.
- Notify Residential Life if you are diagnosed with the flu. You may contact us by email or phone: 903-983-8191, jbutler@kilgore.edu
- Do not attend classes until 24 hours after your fever has gone without the aid of fever reducing medications such as Advil or Tylenol.
- Do not go to the cafeteria for meals. RESIDENTIAL LIFE STAFF WILL BRING MEALS TO YOUR RESIDENCE HALL WHILE YOU ARE SICK.
- Keep away from others as much as possible. Do not sit in the lobby, game room or other public areas.
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For more information, visit http://www.texasflu.org |
