Health and Safety at ThIS

Tuberculosis Test

Children arriving newly to Norway need to provide their vaccination records and are required to take a tuberculosis test before they start school.

More detailed information….

People from countries with a high occurrence of tuberculosis are obliged to undergo tuberculosis testing if they intend to stay more than three months in Norway. Their children will be offered BCG vaccination. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health maintains the list over which countries are considered to be high occurrence countries. From March 2017, there is a distinction between high and very high occurrence to help target screening for latent tuberculosis.

What does “high occurrences” mean?

According to the Norwegian regulations for tuberculosis control, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health must state which countries have a high occurrence of tuberculosis.

The list of countries with high occurrence is based on estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and data on incidence in Norway. The list was last last updated in November 2020.

In March 2017, a distinction between “high” and “very high” occurrence of tuberculosis was introduced. All immigrants from countries classified as “high” occurrence should be tested for tuberculosis disease, while testing for latent tuberculosis is limited to young adults newly arrived  from countries with “very high” occurrence.

Obligatory tuberculosis testing

These people are required to undergo tuberculosis testing:

• People arriving from countries with high occurrences if they intend to stay for more than three months in Norway. Children will be offered BCG vaccination.
• All refugees and asylum seekers, even if they come from countries that are not on the list of high occurrence countries.

Click here to see the listed counties with high and very high ocurrence, updated 23.November 2020.

Where to take a tuberculosis test

Tuberculosis test can be taken at Vaksinasjons og Smittevernkontoret (the vaccination and infection control office) in Trondheim kommune. Currently they take only reservations for an appointment on the phone (#7254 0850). Address: Prinsens gate 1A (Statens Hus), entrance from Tinghusgata. 

vaksinasjon.postmottak@trondheim.kommune.no

Visit here (https://www.trondheim.kommune.no/vaksiner/#heading-h2-5) for further information. 

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Trondheim International School will follow the procedures and principles for facilitating children with allergy and hypersensitivity reactions at Trondheim International School and SFO recommended by Trondheim Kommune.

If your child has an allergy that needs to be considered, please note that the school must have a doctor’s note to take preventative actions and routines.

Children from 0 to 18 years old are entitled to free dental care in public dental clinics in the county until the year they turn 18 years old. Students will be called in by the dental office closest to the student’s home address.

Head lice are common in schools particularly during spring and autumn. Head lice are tiny insects that live on the scalp, laying eggs, called nits, which stick to hair very close to the scalp. Head lice do not spread disease. Having head lice does not mean children are not clean. Students with head lice need to stay home until all eggs and lice have been removed. Please inform the office and class teacher if this is the reason your child stays home from school.

The school will send out an e-mail to all parents that there is a case of head lice. In the E-mail parents are requested to check their child(ren), and advice is given on how do this and how to treat head lice.

Visit this page for more information regarding head lice and treatment. The information is offered in several languages!

The school staff will administer first aid to students who are injured during the course of the school day. Parents will be contacted if students require treatment for more than cuts and scrapes and need to be taken to the Emergency Room (Legevakt). Parents will also be contacted if a student becomes unwell in the course of the school day. For these reasons, the school requires an emergency contact telephone number from each family.

The school staff is trained in administering first aid by professional instructors. Sufficient supplies of appropriate first aid equipment are kept at central places throughout the school.

Students may need medication administered during the course of the school day either on a long or short term basis. In each case, a written contract will be entered into with the parents/guardians of the student concerned, giving the school authority to administer the medication. It will be the responsibility of the parents to ensure that a member of staff is instructed in the administration of the medication.

NB: Parents/caregivers are responsible for the training of the staff members who administer medications. This assumes that the parents/caregivers have received the necessary guidance from their child’s doctor and hence are able to provide this information to the school.

Evacuation drills will be held at unexpected times to provide for the safety and well-being of the student body. Teachers will accompany their students as they leave, remain with them to take attendance and return with them to the school building.

All students are insured under a Collective Accident Insurance. The students are insured on the way to and from school, in the school premises during breaks, and while participating in the classroom, excursions and other activities organised by the school. The school does not hold travel insurance.

A serious injury (which are more than cuts and scrapes) is reported to NAV and the school’s private insurance company. Parents will be contacted by school in order to complete the reporting.