Immunosuppressed child - any extra precautions to keep safe in school?

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My yr9 DD has just been put on immunosuppressants to manage a health condition. Thing is she caught Covid within days of returning to school in September & has been floored, had a huge flare up & been off school since. We're hoping this will calm her health condition with the aim of her returning slowly to school.

Does anyone have any experience of a clinically vulnerable child in a school setting & what extra precautions are they or school taking? We really don't want her to catch Covid again, she'll be immunised again once she's more stable.

We're already thinking of sitting in the best ventilated area of the classroom, lots of hand sanitiser & even considering masks although we'd like to avoid that if possible. We can tell her friends' parents to be mindful but tbh it's going to be (is) already rife in classrooms.

Ah very fair. I would say that the FFP2 masks I find much less uncomfortable than cloth masks because they stick out (am autistic and it was a struggle at first), so it might be worth trying a few different kinds

School should let you know about chickenpox, it's not a gdpr issue. They won't give the student's name but they should let you know of any cases in school.

I'm a teacher and every school I've worked in have let staff and students know of chickenpox and shingles cases.

Absolutely this, and what RoseAndRose said.

it needs to be understood that covid is airborne. We must open the windows and use HEPA. High grade masks ideally too.

a wisp of silk and some hand sanitizer are sadly not effective measures

also consider using the boots dual defence nasal spray and CPC mouthwash morning & night.

@blondieminx thankfully she'll be vaccinated before she returns so will have some additional protection. We managed to avoid Covid until March this year using cloth masks with a filter & she wore hers long after everyone else stopped. We'll try her again with the FFP3 but her skin irritates easily & something will be better than nothing

Thanks @Postapocalypticcowgirl it seems school want to do as little as possible & acknowledge her issues even less. I'll asked her immunologist to put it in a letter so they can't ignore it. I find it's also a timing issue, when Strep A was going around last year her friend contracted it but they didn't tell anyone because they were waiting to have confirmation from the swab which of course takes days we were then into Christmas hols! Guess what....she caught that too! Chickenpox is a slightly different affair though.

My DS has leukaemia and has remained in school during treatment. The only requirements from his team of specialists are for us to be informed of cases of chicken pox, measles and shingles. The school tend to ring about anything out of the usual
colds etc and let us know of notable outbreaks of sickness etc in his and his sisters class and let us make a decision. All that was required from the hospital (major UK paeds cancer base) was a letter to parents regarding letting the school know if children are off with CP shingles or measles, and for the school to pass that on. He’s under no restrictions whilst in school related to his cancer, but a few due to having a Hickman line.

@TeamLoganHuntzberger I'm so sorry your DS is dealing with leukaemia, I wish him all the very best for his treatment, as well as you & any family going through this with him. Thank you for the info.
DD has a rare disease so school haven't really understood her health needs to date.