School Exclusion – HPA Guidance
| Rashes & Skin Infections | |
|---|---|
| Athlete’s Foot | None |
| Chickenpox | 5 days from onset of rash |
| Cold sores | None |
| Rubella | 6 days from onset of rash |
| Hand, Foot & Mouth | None |
| Impetigo | Until lesions are crusted and healed, or 48h after starting abx |
| Measles | 4 days from onset of rash |
| Molluscum contagiosum | None |
| Ringworm | None |
| Roseola (infantum) | None |
| Scabies | Child can return after first treatment |
| Scarlet Fever | Child can return 24h after starting appropriate abx treatment |
| Slapped Cheek (5th disease) | None |
| Shingles | Exclude only if rash in weeping & cannot be covered |
| Warts & Verrucae | None |
| Diarrhoea & Vomiting | |
|---|---|
| Diarrhea &/or vomiting | 48h from last episode of diarrhea or vomiting |
| E coli O157 | 48h from last episode of diarrheaFurther exclusion may be required for some children until theyare no longer excreting |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid (enteric fever) | |
| Shingella (dysentery) | |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 48h from last episode or diarrhea |
| Respiratory Infections | |
|---|---|
| Influenza | Until recovered |
| Tuberculosis | Always consult local HPU (011785 221158/01785 221126) |
| Whooping cough | 5/7 from starting abx or 21/7 from onset of illness of not on abx |
| Other Infections | |
|---|---|
| Conjunctivitis | None |
| Diptheria | Exclusion essential. Always consult HPU |
| Glandular fever | None |
| Head lice | None |
| Hepatitis A | Exclude until 7/7 after onset of jaundice or sx onset if no jaundice |
| Hepatitis B,C, HIV/AIDS | None |
| Meningococcal meningitis /septicaemia | Until recovered |
| Meningitis – other bacterial cause | |
| Viral Meningitis | None |
| MRSA | None |
| Mumps | Exclude for 5 days after onset of swelling |
| Threadworms | None |
| Tonsillitis | None |