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Isolation Space
OAR 581-022-2220
Oregon state law requires that each school district “shall maintain a prevention oriented health services program for all students which provides:
Health care and space that is appropriately supervised and adequately equipped for providing first aid, and isolates the sick or injured child from the student body.”(ODE)
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Protocols are established in each building for a health room and an isolation room for illness, to separate people who have or may have a contagious disease from people who are not sick required by OAR 581-022-2220.
Staff trained in isolation room protocols, quarantine protocols, and wearing of PPE. Staff to support students on Individualized Health Management Plans and medical procedures. Offer access to COVID-19 testing.
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2022 OSNA Example Modification to the Health Room
At high community transmission levels schools will:
- Have designated trained staff that can support all student health and safety needs and are well informed of COVID-19 protocols.
- Begin to prepare the additional spaces identified for isolation use during an active outbreak.
- Have Screening protocols at time of arrival or during the school day per communicable disease protocol.
- Individuals with COVID-19 symptoms will be isolated, offered a test, and sent home
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Investigation and control of disease. District policies and procedures incorporate a layered approach to identifying, monitoring, and mitigating outbreaks of communicable diseases including COVID-19 and works closely with LPHA
COVID-19 Case and Contact Reporting to Schools/School Districts;
Verification of COVID-19 Cases
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