The Winnebago County Health Department's Communicable Disease team manages active surveillance of illness within Winnebago's schools. Monitoring this data can help us track, anticipate and respond correctly to prevent disease outbreaks.
The percent of students ill with gastrointestinal or influenza like illness have continued to increase.
Norovirus is common during the winter months. It is important to take proper steps to
prevent the spread of infection.
For young kids - have everyone wash their hands every 2 hours.
Daily cleaning of commonly touched surfaces (doorknobs, tables, chairs, hand rails, toys) using normal classroom disinfectant product.
If Norovirus illness is suspected, then clean commonly touched surfaces with a bleach solution.
All staff and students with vomiting and/or diarrhea should stay home until at least 48 hours after symptoms have stopped.
If you need more information about health education techniques contact
our team today!
Resources
A parent version of the School Illness Surveillance Report has been created. Please share this link with parents so they can view the report and sign up to receive the report in their emails.
View the CDC's page on
Norovirus for more information.
View important information on
hand washing, which is an important step in reducing the spread of Norovirus and Influenza.
