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