Dear Parents/Guardians
We would like to inform you that a staff member from the Edgerley room has
been diagnosed with Influenza. The most common strains of influenza in the
community at present are Influenza A and Influenza B.
There are no special precautions
against these strains of influenza other than good hygiene practices and to
keep children home if they are unwell. Influenza usually has an accompanying
fever, headache, muscle aches and/or extreme fatigue. A person with
influenza needs to be excluded from school, childcare or preschool until there
has been no fever for 24 hours (without the use of a fever reducing medication,
eg paracetamol (Panadol)).
This link http://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/influenza
contains information to assist you with any questions you may have regarding
this illness.
Kind Regards
Melanie Garland