SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAM

School Safety - Resources

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Animals:

• Amphibians & Reptiles
  • CDC - Reptiles, Amphibians, and Salmonella
  • FDA - Pet Turtles: Cute, But Contaminated with Salmonella
  • DOH - Zoonotic Disease Program ( includes reptile rules posters)
• Birds
  • DOH - Disease Can Be Caused By Birds poster
  • Psittacosis Compendium
  • DOH - Chicks and Ducks
• General
  • Animals in Public Settings Compendium
  • CDC - Rabies

Art/Career/Laboratories/Shops/Technical:

• Chemical safety, MSDS information
• Department of Labor and Industries (Chemical Hygiene Plan)
• Hazardous Waste Disposal – City of Spokane Solid Waste Management, Hazardous & Infectious Waste – (509) 625-7898

• Hazardous Chemicals in Schools (King County)
• OSPI Safety Guide for Career and Technical Education
• Rehab the Lab - lab safety videos and "Least Toxic Chem Labs"

Asthma:

• American Lung Association
• American Lung Association – Asthma Management in Education Settings (AMES)
  
• CDC
• DOH
  

Athletics:

• Guidelines for Retrofitting Bleachers
• Baseball Safety
• Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety

• Blood Borne Pathogens Power Point presentation
• Training Documentation form
• Chapter 296-823 WAC – Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens

Concussion Information:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• ImPACT Concussion Resources
• ImPACT Concussion Management Program
• School districts must follow the requirements of the Zackery Lystedt Law

General:

• Adolescent and School Health (CDC)
• Boil Water Advisory Guidelines
  
• Educational Service District 101
• Facility Masters Webcast Series (K12Masters.com) - NEW
• OSPI/DOH Infectious Disease Guide for School Staff, April 2004
• Safe Routes to School (DOT)
  
• Tips for a Safer Classroom (pdf) - NEW
• Washington State Department of Ecology
• Washington State Department of Health School Environmental Health and Safety Program
• WSU Extension - Bed Bugs - NEW

Indoor Air Quality:

• Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program –
  Toll free hotline: 866-837-3721 or visit www.epa.gov/iaq/schools
• Department of Health Indoor Air Quality Website
  
• School Integrated Pest Management

Playgrounds:

• Handbook for Public Playground Safety
• The Dirty Dozen (Playground hazards)
• School Health & Safety (PowerPoint, April 2009)
• The National Program for Playground Safety
• SRHD Playground Plan Review - instructions, form and example layout