Avera Medical Minute: Preventing Illness at School Live 8/17/10 - KSFY News - Sioux Falls, SD News, Weather, Sports

Now that area kids are heading back to school, we want to help remind parents to remind their children how to keep from spreading germs at school and home.

Dr. Kimberlee McKay with Avera McKennan will be talking about Back-To-School Illness Prevention. She will talk about what parent's should teach their children to help minimize illness - like hand-washing, not sharing drinks, etc. She will also talk about signs parents should watch for when determining whether or not they should keep their kids home with an illness or send them to school.