NEA The Stomach Bug Book

Booklet designed to inform and educate school personnel on norovirus spread of the disease and disease prevention.

This booklet explains what you—the school employee— need to know about stomach illnesses at school. What are your responsibilities? How can you decrease the risks to yourself, your co-workers, and other students? How should you clean up? This booklet will answer these questions for you and provide you with tips to share with your co-workers, family, and the school community.

When a stomach bug caused by norovirus strikes a child or an adult, it usually strikes fast. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. When there are many people in a setting such as a…