7420.1

Sanitation Program

The Board directs the Superintendent to establish and revise as necessary a program of hygienic management which shall:

A.

Designate responsibility for the cleanliness and sanitation of portions of all District property to specific supervisors and require the inspection of all school grounds, each school building, and all school equipment for cleanliness and sanitation at specified intervals by the appropriate supervisor;

B.

Include specific procedures for the handling and disposal of specific body wastes and fluids. Such procedures shall be designed to protect all persons who clean, handle, or incidentally contact blood or blood stained items, pus, vomitus, saliva, urine or feces, and shall provide for and require the education of all staff and students in the proper disposal of all such matter in sealed containers, in the cleansing and disinfection of contaminated items and surfaces, and in the proper cleansing of hands and other body parts which have or may have contacted such matter.

C.

Ensure that all laws pertaining to sanitation and sanitary practices in the schools are strictly obeyed;

D.

Include provisions for the explanation to staff and students no less than annually of the requirements of law regarding sanitation in the schools and of the portions of this policy applicable to them.