MEDICAL SERVICE
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We have a permanent Nursing Department with a D.U.E. (University Diploma Holder in Nursing) in the Centre. Its most important functions are:
- General sanitary control of the school.
- Sanitary control of the premises.
- Sanitary control of the food (elaboration and monitoring of menus).
- Activities and information for disease prevention.
- Special care and control of students with health issues (allergies, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.).
- Administration of medication in both chronic and acute processes.
- Control of medication in medical kits and chronicles.
- Elaboration and provision of health programmes for students
- Provision of information programmes in collaboration with the Psycho-pedagogy Department.
- Direct assistance to daily problems (falls, injuries, illnesses) through a computer programme tailored to the School’s needs. It stores all the data of the students, both personal and medical (allergies, vaccines,…) and on the other hand, it also monitors daily incidences (what has happened to the child, treatment, description of the injury,…)
- Care and control of other health problems that may occur in the school, especially infectious diseases and pediculosis.
- Oral Health:
- Weekly fluoridation in all levels of Primary Education.
- Checks on Early Education, Primary Education and Secondary Education by paediatric dentists from the Picassent Health Centre.
- DITCA Programme together with the Psycho-pedagogical Office of the school.
- Provision of the PIES (Sexual Education Intervention Programme) from the Department of Health and the Department of Education for students in 3rd year of Secondary Education.