San Diego County health and education officials drew up a 'decision tree' to guide schools in responding to possible COVID-19 cases on campus.
As schools in San Diego County begin welcoming students back to campus, they’re also looking at when children may need to be sent home with coughs, fevers or other symptoms that could indicate a case of COVID-19.that guides when students should be sent home and how long they must wait before returning. The step-by-step flow chart provides direction for handling COVID-19 cases on campus and summarizes guidance from national, state and local public health authorities.
The decision tree starts with a list of symptoms including fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea and changes to taste or smell. Even general maladies such as headache, muscle ache, loss of appetite or fatigue are on the list as possible COVID-19 red flags. If a student or staff member shows any of those, school officials are directed to put on personal protective equipment and isolate the person until he or she can be sent home.
The flow chart aims to provide a streamlined scenario for possible COVID-19 cases, but the county Office of Education also wrote up“There are a thousand ‘what-ifs’ and it’s really hard to get to the essential decisions that need to be made,” said Bob Mueller, a program specialist for the county office. “The goal was to help decision-makers at the school level know when they have to act and when they don’t have to act.
“The county is testing those 12 and older with plans to expand that to younger children beginning with those down to kindergarten and intends to expand to even younger children in the near future,” she said. “Additionally, the state’s testing sites test children of all ages.”
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