If a Student Contracts the Flu (Seasonal or H1N1)

Educational materials throughout campus include information on symptoms (cough, sore throat and fever are most common) and list those conditions that predispose a person for high risk for complications (pregnancy, respiratory or heart problems, diabetes). Students should stay home from school for 24 hours after their fever resolves without the use of fever reducing medication, and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. If sick, healthcare providers should be contacted immediately by phone since office visit may not be necessary for normally healthy students. If transportation to an emergency room or doctor's office is necessary, students and staff should a use private car to avoid public transportation.

Antiviral medication is generally recommended only for hospitalized patients with confirmed, probably or suspected cases of H1N1 flu. Otherwise healthy persons do not require this treatment based on the mild, self-limiting nature of the infection.

Each campus has developed a system for monitoring the student's health status daily. Students are to notify the Campus Directors office when they are ill and a person from that office will be assigned to check on the ill student by phone or email daily.

Academic Issues

Students are informed that it is their responsibility to notify their faculty members if they are ill and cannot attend class. E-mail is the preferred medium. Flu illness is considered an excused absence. However, course work must be made up as worked out with the faculty member for that course.

If an ill student is unable to fully keep up with the course work, e-mail communication should be maintained in order to clarify with the instructor how the work may be made up. Faculty are expected to offer reasonable flexibility regarding required course attendance and assignment due dates in light of student illnesses. This includes provisions for missed exams (including finals) because of illness. In addition, if large numbers of students are absent from a particular course, staff will make provisions for note-takers who can be called upon when needed.

Class Attendance/Class Cancellation/Campus Closure

In the event that large numbers of students are ill or faculty are ill and not able to conduct the class, the CEA Global Campus will have a notification system, including multiple channels, in place to communicate this information to students and faculty. CEA international on-site staff will work closely and directly with their local public health officials to revise their plans, to make sound decisions based on local conditions, and to implement strategies in a coordinated manner.