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Appendix A - Infectious Diseases – Exclusion Table RECOMMENDED MINIMUM PERIODS OF EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL Condition Cases Contacts Chickenpox and Shingles Exclude until fully recovered or at least five days after the eruption first appeared. (Some remaining scabs are not a reason for continued exclusion). Conjunctivitis Exclude until discharge from eyes has stopped Not excluded Cytomegalovirus Exclusion not necessary Not excluded Infection Diarrhoea (campylobacter, cryptosporidium, giardia, rotavirus, salmonella, shigella, intestinal worms) Exclude until diarrhoea has stopped Not excluded Glandular fever Exclusion not necessary Not excluded (mononucleosis) Hand, Foot and Mouth Exclude until all blisters have dried Not excluded Disease Haemophilus influenza Exclude until medical certificate of recovery is Not excluded type b (Hib) received Headlice Exclude until day after proper treatment has Not excluded started Hepatitis A Exclude until medical certificate of recovery is Not excluded received, but not before seven days after the jaundice or illness started Hepatitis B Exclusion not necessary Not excluded Hepatitis C Exclusion not necessary Not excluded Herpes (“cold sores”) Exclude if child cannot comply with good hygiene practices while sores are weeping. (Sores should be covered with a dressing where possible) Not excluded Human immune deficiency virus infection (HIV/AIDS virus) Impetigo (“school sores”) Influenza and influenzalike illness Measles Meningitis (other than the meningococcal infection) Meningococcal infection Exclusion not necessary unless child has a secondary infection which requires exclusion in its own right Exclude until proper treatment has started. (Sores on exposed skin should be covered with a watertight dressing) Exclude until well Exclude for at least four days after rash has started or until a medical certificate of recovery is provided Exclude until well Exclude until carrier eradication antibiotic course is completed Exclude children with immune deficiencies (e.g. Leukaemia or chemotherapy), otherwise not excluded Not excluded Not excluded Not excluded Molluscum contagiosum Exclusion not necessary Not excluded Mumps Exclude for nine days or until swelling goes Not excluded down Parvovirus (erythema infectiosum or “Fifth Exclusion not necessary Not excluded Immunised children not excluded. Non-immunised contacts should be excluded until 14 days after the first day the rash appears in the last case. They may return to the school or centre if immunised within 72 hours of contact with the first case Not excluded Not excluded. Close contacts should take antibiotic (rifampicin). Public health authorities will advise
Condition Cases Contacts Disease”) Ringworm, Scabies, Pediculosis, Trachoma Rubella (German measles) Streptococcal infection (including scarlet fever) Typhoid Fever (including paratyphoid fever Whooping Cough (pertussis) Exclude until day after proper treatment started Exclude until fully recovered or for at least four days after the rash started Exclude until child has received antibiotic treatment for at least 24 hours and feels well Exclude until a medical certificate of recovery is received Exclude for 21 days from onset or until child has taken five days of a 10-day course of antibiotics (erythromycin) Not excluded Not excluded (Female staff of child-bearing age should check their immunity to rubella with their GP) Not excluded Not excluded unless advised by public health authority Exclude non-immunised household contacts aged less than seven years, and children who are in close contact who are either less than one year old or not fully immunised, for 14 days after they were last exposed to infection or until they have taken five days of a 10-day course of antibiotics (erythromycin). If necessary, contact your nearest public health unit for advice
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