School Health & Safety Program Emerging (and O ngoing) Issues 2014

School Health & Safety Program Emerging (and Ongoing) Issues 2014

October 2, 2014

Tough Choices

• School Locations• Fundraising Options• Cleaning Products

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Round #1 – Here or There?• Scenario – Your school

leases space in a church. It’s June and you just found out you have to find another location before school starts. You’re in luck because there are two properties available nearby…

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Here or There?Door #1 – Metro Property Door #2 – Rural Property

• Office building• Lease• Built in 1960• Lots of parking• Reasonably Priced

• House, open floor plan

• Own it• Adequate parking• Less expensive

Audience concerns?

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You’ve Won…Door #1 – Metro Property• Busy street – noisy, pedestrian safety• Next to industry – contamination & pollutants• 1960 = lead paint, asbestos, PCB caulking & light

ballasts• Prior use unknown –

industry? military? • Ventilation &

sound level issues?

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You’ve Won…Door #2 – Rural Property• Rural – used to be an orchard – lead arsenate used. You can’t put in

playground – you own, you pay for remediation.• May not meet ceiling height, ventilation, lighting, electrical, etc.• Fire protection – sprinklers, alarms, marked exits• On septic system – not sized for a school• Zoning issues?• Well only approved for a residence• No sidewalks

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Let’s Learn More

Do your homework before signing on the dotted line. (Call early, not the day before.)

Call SRHD directly to discuss siting, etc. (It’s required and may save money.)

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Where to get more Info…It’s all on our construction page:www.srhd.org/services/schools-docs.asp

• Forms• FAQ’s• Flow chart

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Round #2 – Fundraiser Quandary• Scenario – you’re put in

charge of working with the school’s parent-teacher group to organize the school’s fall fundraiser. The parents want to include something with animals. You have two options…

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Fundraiser Quandary

Audience concerns?

Indoor Reptile Exhibit 4-H Petting Zoo (Outdoor)

• Held in gymnasium• Licensed and insured• Professional exhibitor with

experience• Knowledgeable with good

references

• Held on playfields• Great learning opportunity for

student exhibitors• Supervised by head of 4-H Club• Wide variety of (warm, fuzzy) animals

Door #1 - Indoor Reptile Exhibit

Door #2 - 4-H Petting Zoo (Outdoor)

• Held in gymnasium• Licensed and insured• Professional exhibitor with

experience• Knowledgeable with good

references

• Held on playfields• Great learning opportunity

for student exhibitors• Supervised by head of 4-H

Club• Wide variety of warm, fuzzy

animals

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You’ve Won…• Regardless of your choice

you are now an “Animal Venue Operator” (WAC 246-100-192)

• You must have or provide hand washing facilities near the event location

• Handout available at www.srhd.org/documents/Enviro_Public_Health/exhibits-hand-washing.pdf

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You’ve Won….• Provide proper signage

advising those entering the animal area of the potential health risks

• Provide more signage at the animal area exits reminding everyone to wash their hands

• Handout available at www.srhd.org/documents/Enviro_Public_Health/KNOWSignage.pdf

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Let’s Learn More…Service Animals• Service animals are not pets• What are service animals?

• Service animals must be trained to perform specific tasks.• Service animals perform tasks the handler is not able to do for

themselves or provide a specific service.• You may ask, “what is this animal trained to do for you?”

• If the person refuses to answer, the animal can be excluded• If the animal can sit, stay, lie down, come when called, etc.

the dog is a pet, not a service animal and can be excluded• Comfort animals are not service animals and can be excluded.• For Food Service establishments, only dogs and miniature horses

are allowed.• Refer to the

Washington State Human Rights Commission: Guide to Service Animals and the Washington State Law Against Discrimination

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Round #3 – Clean, Cleaner, CleanestA staff member would like to use a disinfectant in the school classrooms that is effective against bacteria and viruses, safe enough for anyone to use and convenient to obtain.

If it’s available at the local grocery store and has a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) it must be safe!

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Clean, Cleaner, CleanestDoor #1: Bottle of Bleach Door #2: Germicidal Wipes

Bleach – “It kills everything!”Must be mixedCheapAvailable at any store

Still kills everythingConvenientMore expensiveAvailable at any storeAdvertised as “safe” alternative

Audience Concerns?

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You’ve Won…Door #1: Bleach

Bleach

• Corrosive

• Existing medical conditions can be aggravated from exposure to vapor or mist

• DOSH - Eye wash generally required (see DOSH Directive 13.00 Emergency Washing Facilities p.8)

• No Safety Data Sheet for diluted bleach – refer to product SDS

• Keep out of reach of children

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You’ve Won…Door #2: Wipes

• Bleach germicidal wipes have chlorine concentration up to 1% or 1000ppm

• SDS recommends safety glasses and gloves when using product

• SDS recommends thorough hand washing after using this product

• Keep out of reach of children

ABC

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But Wait….• Anyone want to gamble on what’s in

the box?

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You’ve Won…Non-Bleach Wipes• Contains alcohol and ammonium chloride

(QUATS)• SDS recommends safety glasses and gloves

when using product• SDS recommends hand washing if product

comes in contact with skin• SDS requires thorough potable water rinse of

surfaces that may come in contact with food• Keep out of reach of children

ABC

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OR…Would you rather trade for what is on the tray?

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You’ve Won…Green Disinfecting Wipes• Must leave the surface visibly wet for 10 minutes

(this may require multiple wipes)

• Not effective against all types of flu viruses (label states it is effective against Influenza A only)

• Not effective against Norovirus

• Not effective against most bloodborne pathogens, such as Hepatitis B

• Keep out of reach of children

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Let’s Learn MoreHow much chlorine?

• 1.5 – 10 ppm chlorine in a public swimming pool

• 3 – 10 ppm chlorine in a public spa/hot tub• 50 – 200 ppm chlorine in a restaurant for

sanitizing cutting boards and other food contact surfaces

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Let’s Learn More• Read the product label and Safety Data Sheet thoroughly

before choosing a product for the classroom• Refer to the CDC

School Guide: How to Clean and Disinfect Schools to Help Slow the Spread of Flu for information about cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing classroom surfaces

• Make sure the product you are considering is EPA registered as a cleaner, disinfectant, or sanitizer by clicking on the www.EPA.gov website

• Follow all product instructions

Let’s Learn MoreGetting mercury out of schools

Eric DicksonNortheast Washington ESD 101

Let’s Learn MoreGetting mercury out of schools

Eric DicksonNortheast Washington ESD 101

RCW 70.95M.040Schools — Purchase of mercury prohibited.A school may not purchase for use in a primary or secondary classroom bulk elemental mercury or chemical mercury compounds. By January 1, 2006, all primary and secondary schools in the state must remove and properly dispose of all bulk elemental mercury, chemical mercury, and bulk mercury compounds used as teaching aids in science classrooms, not including barometers.[2003 c 260 § 5.]

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Questions?