The Chignecto-Central Regional School Board is committed to providing a healthy and safe working and learning environment for all of our staff and students. We support and encourage all staff, students and parents to take reasonable preventative measures to reduce the spread of the seasonal and H1N1 flu viruses.
 

• Pandemic Influenza Response Handbook (PDF) - August 2009
• CCRSB Pandemic Influenza Plan (PDF) - September 2009
• H1N1 Pandemic Q&A for CCRSB Staff - October 2009
• Fight the Flu - at Home and at School - articles for school newsletters to parents:
  • November 2009 - No vaccination clinics in schools and Monitoring absenteeism
  • October 2009 - Consider the H1N1 vaccination and Call the school if your child is sick
  • September 2009 - Our commitment
    

• H1N1 Decision Chart - N.S. Health Promotion and Protection, November 2009 (PDF)
• Letter from Department of Education to parents, students and staff (PDF) to parents, staff and students - September 2009
• School Administrators H1N1 Toolkit (PDF)- September 2009
• Letters to Directors of Sporting Organizations (PDF) from NS Health Promotion and Protection - September 2009 

CCRSB encourages staff, parents and students to follow the advice of the Chief Public Health Officer to stay healthy. That includes getting the H1N1 vaccination. District health authorities are offering vaccinations at no cost during the last week of October and throughout November.

• Colchester East Hants Health Authority

• Cumberland Health Authority

• Pictou County Health Authority

1.  Remove all rings and wet your hands with warm running water.
2. Put a small amount of liquid soap in the palm of one hand. Bar soaps are not as hygienic as liquid soaps because they stay moist and attract germs. If a bar soap is the only option it should be stored on a rack so that the bar doesn't sit in water.
3. Rub your hands together for 20 seconds so you produce lather. Make sure you scrub between your fingers, under your fingernails and the backs of your hands.
4. Rinse your hands well with clean running water for at least 10 seconds. Try not to handle the faucets once your hands are clean. Use a paper towel to turn off the water.
5. Dry your hands with a single use paper towel. If you use a hand towel be sure to change it daily. During cold and flu season you may want to give each family member his or her own hand towel.
6. Use hand lotion to put moisture back into your skin if your hands are dry.
7. Model good handwashing technique to your children. Have them sing a song like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while rubbing their hands together to teach them the amount of time it takes to clean their hands properly. 

Wash your hands several times a day with soap and warm water, especially: 

• before meals
• before feeding children, including breastfeeding
• before and after preparing food
• after using the toilet
• after changing diapers or helping a child use the toilet
• after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing
• after playing with shared toys
• before and after visiting with people who are sick
• after handling animals or their waste.

• Public Health Agency of Canada
• www.fightflu.ca
• Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection H1N1 Information