SCHOOL EXCLUSION – HPA GUIDANCE |
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RASHES & SKIN INFECTIONS |
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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 |
DIARRHEA & VOMITING |
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Diarrhea &/or vomiting |
48h from last episode of diarrhea or vomiting |
E coli O157 |
48h from last episode of diarrhea Further exclusion may be required for some children until they are no longer excreting |
Typhoid & Paratyphoid (enteric fever) |
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Shingella (dysentery) |
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Cryptosporidiosis |
48h from last episode or diarrhea |
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS |
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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 |
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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 |
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Viral Meningitis |
None |
MRSA |
None |
Mumps |
Exclude for 5 days after onset of swelling |
Threadworms |
None |
Tonsillitis |
None |
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