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School Nurse - Enterprise ES

Clinic Information:
My name is Kristine Pittman, and I am the new school nurse for Enterprise Elementary School. I look forward to helping our students stay well this school year. I anticipate teaching them healthy habits and good hygiene in order to keep kids in school to learn with their classmates. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns related to your child's health.
Office: 703-590-1558
Direct Line: 571-589-2393
Fax: 703-878-0404
[email protected]

Vaccine Requirements
The extended deadline for students to meet the immunization requirement for mandatory immunizations for public school enrollment is December 14, 2022. If you have questions, please contact the school nurse or visit the immunization requirements webpage.

PWCS School Health Information Website

Flu Information from the CDC Website

Health Promotion

As we are entering the cold and flu season, this is a reminder of the best health practices to decrease the spread and transmission of viruses in PWCS schools.

Please remember to cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and throw used tissues in the trash. If you don't have a tissue, cough, or sneeze into your elbow, not your hands. Wash hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds, dry hands with a paper towel, and use the paper towel to turn off the faucet. If soap and water are not available, hand sanitizers may also be used to preform hand hygiene. Remember to stay home when you’re sick until at least 24 hours without a fever or the use of fever reducing medicine. Together we can help stop the spread of germs that may make you and others ill.

Hand Washing

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "the most important thing you can do to keep from getting sick is to wash your hands." Judicious hand washing can prevent not only common diseases like colds, but also more serious diseases like hepatitis A, meningitis, and infectious diarrhea.

Why hand washing is important

  • Children have weaker immune systems than adults and can become sick quicker.
  • 1-in-3 E.coli outbreaks is caused by poor hand washing by food preparers.
  • Germs that cause disease live in meat, vegetables, and more.
  • Germs are spread from unclean hands to food, usually when the food handler doesn't wash after going to the bathroom. Germs are then passed on to those who eat the food.
  • Germs spread from uncooked foods like hamburger to the hands, then from the hands to other foods like salads. The germs can remain in the salads and eventually affect those who eat the food.
  • Putting cooked meat back into its original container re-contaminates the cooked food. - Cutting vegetables on the same board used to cut meat contaminates the vegetables.

Handwashing Information in English

Handwashing Information in Spanish

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Illness

If you know that your child is going to be absent, please contact the school through our attendance hotline. This phone line is dedicated solely for attendance and can be reached 24 hours a day and 7 days a week:

703-590-5344

Illness or Injury Exclusion Criteria

Please remember it is an extremely long day for a child who is sent to school ill. Remaining at home will help minimize the spread of infections and viruses in the classroom and will allow your child a speedier recovery!