H1N1 Vaccine Second Dose Administration at Burton Elementary Friday, December 11th
by Kathy Pinkava, RN | Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Geauga County Health District will return to Burton Elementary on the morning of Friday, December 11th, to give the second dose of H1N1 vaccine to students who were 9 years old and younger at their first dose. There must be at least 28 days between doses. I will be sending home a permission form to our students that . . . read more
School Nurse Update 3-3-10
Illness levels remain rather normal for this time of year. We continue to see strep, stomach viruses, colds and some sinus infections. Ear infections and conjunctivitis are also resulting from some of these circulating germs. We . . . read more
School Nurse Update 2-19-10
We are seeing more "common cold"- like viral illness. Coughing is a dominant symptom for quite a few of the affected kids. The stomach viruses circulating are continuing to cause misery. There has not been much report of influenza- . . . read more
School Nurse Update 2-5-10
Gastrointestinal viruses continue to cause misery in the Berkshire community. We have had some cases of strep and pinkeye diagnosed in students in both schools. The biggest change seems to be an increase in upper respiratory infections . . . read more
Protect Your Older Children from Meningitis
The Geauga County Health District asked the county's school nurses to remind parents that there is a safe, effective and FREE vaccine to prevent deadly infections from bacterial meningitis. Children ages 11 to 18 are eligible and . . . read more
School Nurse Update 1-21-10
It has been a quiet couple weeks in regards to health in the Berkshire schools. Stomach viruses are continuing to circulate, and there is always a case of strep or conjunctivitis to report, but influenza -like illness has declined. Last . . . read more
Happy, Healthy New Year!
I am hoping for a happy and heathy new year for our Berkshire community! The level of H1N1 flu circulating in Ohio is down to the "sporadic" level, which is good news. There is still no real sign that the seasonal flu has . . . read more
12-16 GCHD H1N1 Clinic Open to All
There will be a Geauga County Health District H1N1 clinic at Cardinal Middle School on Wednesday, December 16th from 4pm to 7pm. This clinic is open to everyone. As of December 14th, all interested Ohioans may receive the H1N1 vaccine, . . . read more
School Nurse Update 11-20-09
There is a virus circulating that is causing gastrointestinal upset- some mild cases and some more dramatic ones. It appears that the Geauga County Health District will attempt to return to the elementary school to give a . . . read more
School Nurse Update 11-16-09
It was a fairly quiet week in regards to student illness last week. We had a few reported cases of influenza at BHS. Burton had a few strep throat cases, but no new influenza reports. read more
School Nurse Update 11-6-09
We had our school H1N1 vaccine clinic on Thursday. We did not find out until Tuesday afternoon that they had enough vaccine and manpower to come on Thursday morning. We did our best to let students and parents know it was occurring. The . . . read more
Flu Vaccine Information Sheets Available
I've posted these vaccine information sheets (VIS) for those of you who are interested in learning more about the 2009 seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines. As a whole, they do explain the differences between the seasonal and the H1N1 flu and . . . read more
