H1N1 Flu precautions

[Dianne C. Tillman]

I have been asked by my school nurse if I have a keyboard cleaning policy. It has been suggested by the county nurse that we clean computer keyboards on a regular basis during the flu season. I know that I do not have time to clean each and every student computer keyboard in the building.
I told the nurse that I would post this question and see what other districts are doing as far as sanitizing their computer equipment on a regular basis.
Any input would be much appreciated.

[Maureen Moris]

We discussed the same thing at a meeting ... the superintendent gathered more data after that staff meeting and made the decision not to clean between groups of students. I was glad to hear about that decision.

Dianne C. Tillman said:

We were told by the county nurse to take extra care to clean surfaces like computer keyboards and mice, that is what brought up the whole discussion about how we were going to accomplish that.

Maureen Moris said:

I was told by my superintendent that we will be using hand sanitizer (non-alcohol) going into labs and coming out. Cleaning in between groups was discussed, but it was not really a workable plan and hard on the keyboards. We also were told by the county nurse that the H1N1 germs only live on surfaces for about 8 hours ... so, we should start germ free each day (?). The mice and keyboards will be cleaned periodically/as needed.