Communicable Disease

Health > Maintenance > Student Health > Communicable Disease

This tab allows you to maintain information about a student's communicable diseases.

This tab is not enabled until you retrieve a student.

Update data:

Select a student

❏ To retrieve a student's records, select the student in one of the following ways:

Student	Begin typing the student ID (with leading zeros) or last name. As you begin typing, a drop-down list displays students whose ID or last name begins with the numbers or characters you have typed. The drop-down list displays the students' full name and grade level. From the drop-down list you can select the student. The student can also be located by typing the name in one of the following formats: • Last name, comma, first name (smith, john) • Last name initial, comma, first name initial (s,j) • Comma, first name (,j)
Texas Unique Stu ID	Type all or part of the student's Texas Unique Student ID to retrieve students whose ID begins with the characters you typed. TWEDS Data Element: TX-UNIQUE-STUDENT-ID (E1523) If the student does not have a Unique ID, click TSDS Unique ID button to connect to the TSDS Unique ID Web Service and obtain an ID. Your LEA must have the appropriate credentials through Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) before this functionality can be used. Review the Assign a TSDS Unique ID guide for additional information.
Directory	Click to select a student from the Directory.
(photo)	If a photo exists for the student, the student photo is displayed. From Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment, you can change the student photo: 1. Hover over the image, and click Change. The Change Student Photo window opens. 2. Click Choose File. Locate and open the file for the new image. 3. Click Save. The window closes, and the new image is displayed. Photos are not displayed in all applications. They are displayed in Attendance (Inquiry), Discipline, Grade Reporting, Graduation Plan, Health, Registration, and Scheduling. They are not displayed in Special Ed or Test Scores.

The student's existing communicable disease records are displayed.

The list can be re-sorted.

❏ Click New to add a communicable disease record.

The fields below the grid are enabled.

Disease Information

Onset Date	Type the date of the disease onset in the MMDDYYYY format. Or, click to select the date from a calendar.
Disease	Select the communicable disease contracted by the student.
Follow up Date	If a follow-up visit is required, type the date of the follow-up visit in the MMDDYYYY format. Or, click to select the date from a calendar.
Parent Notified	Select if the student's parent or guardian was notified.

Notified

How	Select the method used to notify the student's parent/guardian and others if applicable.
Who	Indicate who was notified.

Disease

Doctor Confirmed	Select if a doctor confirmed the disease.
In School	Select if the student was in school at the onset of the disease.

Physician's Name

Type the physician's first name (up to 17 characters), middle initial, and last name (up to 25 characters).

❏ To edit an existing record, click the record in the grid.

The fields below the grid are enabled allowing you to make changes.

❏ Click Save.

Other functions and features:

Delete	To delete a communicable disease record, click a record in the grid to select it, and then click Delete. You are prompted to confirm that you want to delete the record. Click OK.
Comments	Click to add comments for the record. The window opens; existing comments are displayed. Add or edit comments and click OK. If comments exist for the record, a paperclip icon is displayed on the button. The comments will print on the Communicable Diseases Report - SHS0835.
	View medical alert. The button is displayed if a medical warning exists for the student and Consent to Display Alert is selected on Health > Maintenance > Student Health > Emergency. Click to view the student's medical alert information.
Documents	View or attach supporting documentation.

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