[Busmgrs] Swine Flu Information

[RYAN Debby]

To: District Business Managers

Swine Flu Information
The Oregon Department of Education is aware of the recent events surrounding the presence of swine flu in the United States. We are working with the Oregon Health Division, as they are the state experts in the area of communicable disease. The Oregon Health Division has released the following: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/acd/swineflu_investigation.shtml. This document provides guidance for schools and school districts on the current status of the situation in Oregon. Further information is available from the Centers for Disease Control (federal) at the following website: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/index.htm.

You may be interested in looking at Oregon's pandemic flu plan: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/acd/flu/panfluplan.pdf .

The Oregon Department of Education remains committed to the health and safety of students, staff, and community members. ODE encourages school districts to work closely with their county public health department. In the event of a local swine flu outbreak, the Oregon Public Health Division and not the Oregon Department of Education, will determine if school closure is necessary. ODE will continue to monitor the situation and offer new information to school districts as it becomes available from the Oregon Public Health Division. Here is the state directory of county health offices: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/lhd/lhd.shtml for information relating to your county.
Contact(s) for this Announcement
*

Leslie Currin<mailto:leslie.currin at state.or.us>  (503) 947-5812
Special Education - School Health Specialist
*       Susanne Smith<mailto:Susanne.Smith at state.or.us> (503) 947-5637
Communications - Manager



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