Rate Your School’s Health Quotient

Staff are provided with at least one pair of gloves and know whom
to ask for extra pairs.

The gloves provided at my school site fit my hands and are of
adequate quality.

School personnel, including secretaries, cafeteria staff, and
custodians, are informed each year about universal precautions.

For school personnel who work with health-impaired students
needing airway suctioning, diapering, or other procedures involving
potential contact with body fluids: staff are informed about
the possibility of catching HIV and hepatitis B, and have been
offered hepatitis B vaccine at no charge.

There is an age-appropriate K to 12 health education curriculum
that includes information about universal precautions. For example,
kindergartners are warned about not touching needles, glass, or
any other sharp objects, and to avoid touching other people’s
blood.

Student bathrooms have adequate handwashing facilities including
running water, soap in pump dispensers, and towels.

Cold packs are used for student injuries are disposable, or if
reused, are enclosed in disposable plastic bags to prevent cross-contamination.

Physical education teachers are provided with adequate first aid
supplies to deal with minor injuries including washing facilities.

EXTRA CREDIT:

In late elementary/middle school: students and parents
are informed about immunizations recommended for adolescents.