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Rome, September 13, 2020 – The blockade has finally been archived Back to school. Parents and teachers are tormented by a thousand fears about the pandemic, which could spread among the very young. How to protect yourself and how to move in compliance with the prevention measures adopted by the Department of Education and the Ministry of Health? There are many AdvertisementsChildren and adolescents must measure the temperature at home before leaving to go to school, they must have hygienic masks, wash their hands regularly, avoid direct contact, and it is forbidden to exchange games, personal effects, teaching materials.
To guide you Faced with the many tasks, the many rules that must be respected, we have examined and answered ten frequently asked questions on the combination of school and health. here A guide who must accompany us on the crucial days of the reopening of schools. For this, we have compiled the opinions of the teachers, relating them to the recipes published in ministry website and we asked Paolo Biasci, president of the FIMP, Italian Federation of Pediatricians, about issues related to prevention.
Questions and answers
1. Why do students have to take their temperature at home before going to school?
Measuring the temperature at home with the thermometer, every morning before going to school, allows you to evaluate your health by limiting the risk (related to a fever line above 37 and a half) of transmitting infectious diseases to others, reducing circulating viral load. It is, therefore, a measure of respect for colleagues and teachers, a useful precaution to interrupt the chain of transmission of the Coronavirus, also valid as an early diagnosis of other communicable contagious diseases.
2. If a child or adolescent at home has symptoms compatible with Covid-19, what should be done?
Parents should inform the family pediatrician or general practitioner and report absence from school for health reasons. The specialist performs a telephone triage, or based on the symptoms referred to by the voice (cough, diarrhea, fever, headache and other manifestations collected in the DPCM on September 7) assesses whether the clinical picture falls within the suspicion of Covid -19, in which case, regardless of the care given, the tampon is required. Healthy, asymptomatic children with negative swabs return to school with a medical certificate.
3. What happens if a pupil or student feels bad at school?
Indications to prevent and extinguish SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks, in the event of reported discomfort in schools and in childhood educational services, include removing the sick child from the classroom and taking him to the nursing rooms, remotely monitoring with proper tools. thermo-scanner type if there is an increase in body temperature above 37.5 ° C, or if there are other symptoms compatible with Covid-19. Parents must be notified immediately, who will come to pick up the student to take him home, in order to exclude contact with others. Parents will contact the pediatrician of their choice and follow the instructions.
4. What measures should be taken in a school where there is a positive case of SARS-CoV-2?
Normally, the isolation of the sick person should be ordered already in case of suspicion. If this suspected case must then have a positive swab, it is necessary to trace the contacts at risk, that is, those who approached the patient, after which the quarantine is triggered for the class or section, including teachers and is taken to carry out the extraordinary sanitation of the premises, while the rest of the school continues its activity regularly.
5. Masks in class, can they be lifted?
Pupils and students sitting at their desks can lift the masks, following the teacher’s instructions, as long as they do not move from their place and maintain minimum safety distances from others. If this distance requirement fails, it is necessary to cover the nose and mouth immediately without exception as a precaution. In turn, the teacher during the lesson from the desk can lift the mask to facilitate verbal comprehension, instead it must be covered if it approaches the students. Children under the age of 6 and people with incompatible disabilities are exempt from the mask task. Washable and reusable cloth masks are permitted, as an alternative to disposable paper surgical masks, provided they are disinfected and machine washed.
6. Air exchange in classrooms, how does it happen?
Classroom windows should be left ajar even in winter to allow adequate air exchange. During the time change and in the intervals, the windows near the desktop are opened wide, for the same reason.
7. Will teaching materials and waste always be taken home?
Students should avoid exchanging pencil cases, notebooks, and other teaching materials and at the end of the lessons they should take all their personal belongings home. Even the waste produced must be collected in a bag and taken home, each student must use their own bag, thus without touching the baskets and without mixing. Personal effects and clothes are placed in special personalized containers with many labels, to avoid any kind of change, and are left in the aisle.
8. How is recreation developed? Should the boys remain seated?
Schools that have patios or gardens will encourage recreation preferably outdoors, each class having its own space marked with a poster, to avoid contact between students from different classes. In the absence of adequate space, the snack is consumed on the counter, properly sanitized.
9. How important are vaccines?
“In our proposal for the school year – wrote Paolo Biasci, president of the Italian Federation of Pediatricians – in order for the lessons to resume safely, all students must comply with the vaccination schedule and it is recommended that, from the 6 months for life, they are vaccinated against seasonal flu. It is necessary for each school structure to organize training moments for staff that include procedures for handling suspected cases of Covid-19, as well as the correct use of gloves and masks ”.
10. Can teaching materials and games be shared?
Toys and teaching materials of common use will be disinfected periodically, everyone must have theirs. We tend to prevent objects from passing from one hand to another.
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