Health and Safety: Bringing Medicine to School

Health and Safety: Bringing Medicine to School

If your child needs to bring medicine to school, you must follow the procedures outlined below:
  1. Bring only the dose needed for that day;
  2. Take the medicine to the School Nurse, or designated staff member. The School Nurse or staff member will supervise the administration of the correct dose of medicine at the correct time. The instructions must be in English, and must explain the reason for the medicine, and the dosage amount and time of dosage. The medicine must also be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class;
  3. All Chinese or herbal medicine must also have a doctor’s prescription or written letter from parents accepting responsibility for the administration of these medicines. Written instructions must describe ingredients, dosage and time of administration;
  4. Asthma inhalers or EpiPen’s are kept with the School Nurse. Secondary students, with permission, may keep theirs with them. Please provide written instructions and seek permission from the Head of Secondary or Head of Primary.

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