PT ENGLAND SCHOOL POLICY 2005
NAG 5.22
MEDICATION
INTRODUCTION:
Students have the right to receive prescribed medication at school during school hours where this
enables them to access education.
OBJECTIVES:
To manage the dispensing of essential medication so that staff and students are kept safe.
GUIDELINES:
1. Upon enrolment at the school, or upon diagnosis of the condition requiring medication, the School will be informed of details of the child’s condition and the proposed effect/side effects of the medication. Further information including a precis from the medical practitioner treating the child will be provided from the parent/caregiver upon request. This information will be held in strictest confidence.
2. Written instructions regarding dosage and administration of the medication will be provided to the School by the parent/caregiver or physician. This will be reviewed six monthly from the date first ordered or at the interval advised by the medical practitioner. The parent/caregiver will be obliged to discontinue or update medication orders in writing.
3. All medication will be kept in the admin office in a secure place and dispensed only at the prescribed times and only by authorised staff.
4. Staff will receive training in the use or administration of any special medication before being required to administer. Children requiring urgent treatment such as Epi-Pens will have their photo on the wall of the sickbay and the Epi-pen will be stored up high in the sick-bay. Sick Bay staff will be responsible for ensuring the urgent medication is there. Two staff members will be present and will sign the register as to time, date and person administering/witnessing administration. This will provide a safeguard for both the child and staff members involved.
4. The only medication we could expect children to carry on them are asthma inhalers.
5. If a child is in pain or has a high temperature, and parents have not been contactable, the certificated First Aid Officer may administer an appropriate dose of paracetemol, temperature taken and monitored. Should the child deteriorate an ambulance would be called.
6. The school reserves the right to refuse to administer medication where the treatment is considered to be of risk or unorthodox or where any of the above conditions have not been complied with to the satisfaction of the Principal.
Formulated: 2002
Reviewed: 2005
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