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Administration of
Medication
Administration of medication to
students is at the discretion of the Principal. Parents seeking to
use this service are asked to adhere to the following guidelines or
adhere to the guidelines set out in the
information booklet here.
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a letter requesting
administration by school staff must be written by the parent to
the Principal.
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only medication
prescribed by a doctor can be administered by staff..
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medication is labelled
with doctor’s instructions by the chemist. Instructions written
only by parents are not acceptable.
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Medication
should be taken to the school office and at no time is to be
left in a school bag. (except Ventolin inhalers)
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Administration of
Medication to Students Suffering from Asthma
The requested procedure is as
follows:
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Parents or legal
guardians provide written permission for students to administer
their own asthma medication as deemed necessary by the students.
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Students are responsible
for their inhalers at all times. Preventative inhalers must be
stored in a central location as required for other medications.
Non-preventative inhalers eg Ventolin may be carried by the
student.
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Parents of students with
acute asthma are advised to have emergency spare puffers at the
school office.
Other Medication at
School
A reprint of Administrative Regulations is printed below for your
information.
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Should medication
prescribed by the student’s medical practitioner be required to
be administered while the student is at school or involved in
school-approved activities, a parent/legal guardian must, in the
first instance, make a written request to the principal of the
school.
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A teacher or other adult
person on the school staff authorised by the principal to give
medication to a student, may accept responsibility to give
medication to a student while at a school or while involved in
school-approved activities, following such written request from
a parent/legal guardian.
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Where
a teacher or other adult person on the school staff authorised
by the principal to give medication to a student, is to
administer medication, the instructions provided should be
written on the medication container by the pharmacist at the
medical practitioner’s direction. The teacher or other
authorised person must not accept the instructions solely of the
parent/legal guardian. The instructions on the medication
container need to indicate specific times at which medication is
to be administered, as well as the quantity of medication to be
administered.
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At no time should any
medication provided for one student be administered to another
student.
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At all times, medication
must be kept in a secure place. (One exception, in selected
cases, is that of inhaler therapy for asthma. On written
permission from a parent/legal guardian, and with the approval
of the school principal, the student may be responsible for the
inhaler.)
Oral
Medication
Notification of
changes to student medical conditions
The school will issue each parent with a medical information request
form at the beginning of each year. This will form a data base of
medical information on each student. For safety reasons, parents are
asked to contact the child’s class teacher and the central office
should that medical information change.
Infectious diseases
Recommended exclusion periods -
Download Infectious Disease Guide
Pupils who are unwell should not be allowed to attend school.
Download the guidelines for infectious disease that has been drawn
up by the National Health and Medical Research Council on the
premise that pupils who have been ill with an infectious disease
will not return to school until they have fully recovered. The only
exception to this rule is that pupils with certain skin diseases may
return once appropriate treatment has commenced
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