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Oct 17, 2009 3:43 pm US/Mountain

Preschools Work Hard To Prevent H1N1 Outbreak

Reporting
Stan Bush
DENVER (CBS4) ― With the swine flu outbreak closing schools in Fairplay and other communities in Colorado, some cities are trying to be proactive.

Preschools in Breckenridge are trying to keep the potentially deadly virus from coming to school.

The preschools are no longer allowing any drop-in students. All of the children are Summit County locals and teachers are working hard to make sure they follow steps to prevent spreading germs.

"We have an intensive sanitation process every single day," said Ryan Sanders with the Timberline Learning Center.

Toys and supplies are washed almost immediately after they leave the children's hands, but the process starts even before the children enter the classroom.

"When a child comes into the school, every teacher greets every student at their level to look at their eyes, to listen to their breathing and to look at the color of their skin, so they know if there's a difference between yesterday and today," Sanders said.

"All these kids come together and bring these germs together, so I think we are definitely being more cautious with schools than we have in the past," said Zach Lynch with Red White and Blue Fire.

School officials believe catching it fast should help the rest of the community.

"If the children are unhealthy, then the parents, wherever they may work in our small community, can't go to work either," Sanders said. "So we have to make sure that this is the first line. This is where the germ stops."

Some of the schools are actually making a public record of when children get sick. The record includes the symptoms and when the symptom started. The record is emailed to teachers and parents.

Some Breckenridge preschools say their precautionary methods have kept any H1N1 outbreaks at bay so far this year.

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