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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em">Dear Middle School Parents/Guardians:</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em">The School has recently been made aware of one confirmed case of Infantigo (better known as Impetigo). This student is being treated, and there is low risk of transmission. However, we are alerting you out of an abundance of caution.<span> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em"><em>Impetigo </em><span style="background: white; color: black;">is a contagious skin infection that usually appears as red sores on the face, especially around a child’s nose and mouth. Although it may clear on its own in 2 to 3 weeks, antibiotics can shorten the course of the disease process and help prevent the spread to others. Without antibiotics, impetigo is contagious until the sores go away. </span><span style="color: #111111;">Signs and symptoms include:</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;color: #000000;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal"><em><span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Impetigo</span></em><span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> can travel from person to person through contact with the sores of someone who’s infected or with items they’ve touched such as clothing, bed linen, or towels. Wash hands frequently, do not share clothes, linens or towels with infected persons, and wash infected items daily in hot water.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em"> If your child develops any of these signs or symptoms, seek assistance from your pediatrician. Keep your child at home until your pediatrician says he or she is not contagious.<span> </span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Should your child be diagnosed with this illness</span></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">, <strong>please notify Middle/Upper School Health Care Coordinator Jasmin Whitfield (</strong></span><a href="mailto:whitfieldj@sidwell.edu"><strong><span style="color: windowtext;">whitfieldj@sidwell.edu</span></strong></a><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> or 202-537-8130) immediately. </span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em"> If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Jasmin directly. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em"> Sally Selby</p>
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