Condition
|
Exclusion of cases
|
Exclusion of contacts
|
|
Amoebiasis
(Entamoeba histolytica)
|
Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Campylobacter
|
Exclude until diarrhoea has ceased.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Chicken pox
|
Exclude until fully recovered or for at
least five days after the eruption first
appears. Note that some remaining scabs
are not a reason for continued
exclusion.
|
Any child with an immune deficiency
(for example, leukaemia) or receiving
chemotherapy should be excluded for their
own protection. Otherwise not
excluded.
|
|
Conjunctivitis
|
Exclude until discharge from eyes has
ceased.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Cytomegalovirus Infection
|
Exclusion not necessary.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Diarrhoea
|
Exclude until diarrhoea has ceased.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Diphtheria
|
Exclude until medical certificate of
recovery is received following at least
two negative throat swabs, the first not
less than 24 hours after finishing a
course of antibiotics and the other 48
hours later.
|
Exclude family/household contacts until
cleared to return by an appropriate health
authority.
|
|
Glandular fever (mononucleosis)
|
Exclusion is not necessary.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Hand, Foot and Mouth disease
|
Until all blisters have dried.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Haemophilus type b (Hib)
|
Exclude until medical certificate of
recovery is received.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Hepatitis A
|
Exclude until a medical certificate of
recovery is received, but not before seven
days after the onset of jaundice or
illness.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Hepatitis B
|
Exclusion is not necessary.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Hepatitis C
|
Exclusion is not necessary.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Herpes ("cold sores")
|
Young children unable to comply with
good hygiene practices should be excluded
while the lesion is weeping. Lesions to be
covered by dressing, where possible.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Hookworm
|
Exclusion not necessary.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Human immun.-deficiency virus infection
(HIV AIDS virus)
|
Exclusion is not necessary unless the
child has a secondary infection.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Impetigo
|
Exclude until appropriate treatment has
commenced. Sores on exposed surfaces must
be covered with a watertight dressing.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Influenza and influenza like
illnesses
|
Exclude until well.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Leprosy
|
Exclude until approval to return has
been given by an appropriate health
authority.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Measles
|
Exclude for at least four days after
onset of rash.
|
Immunised contacts not excluded.
Unimmunised contacts should be excluded
until 14 days after the first day of
appearance of rash in the last case. If
unimmunised contacts are vaccinated within
72 hours of their first contact with the
first case they may return to school.
|
|
Meningitis (bacterial)
|
Exclude until well.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Meningococcal infection
|
Exclude until adequate carrier
eradication therapy has been
completed.
|
Not excluded if receiving
rifampicin.
|
|
Molluscum contagiosum
|
Exclusion not necessary.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Mumps
|
Exclude for nine days or until swelling
goes down (whichever is sooner).
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Parvovirus (erythema infectiousum fifth
disease)
|
Exclusion not necessary.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Poliomyelitis
|
Exclude for at least 14 days from
onset. Re-admit after receiving medical
certificate of recovery.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Ringworm, scabies, pediculosis (lice),
trachoma
|
Re-admit the day after appropriate
treatment has commenced.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Rubella (german measles)
|
Exclude until fully recovered or for at
least four days after the onset of
rash.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Salmonella, Shigella
|
Exclude until diarrhoea ceases.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Streptococcal infection (including
scarlet fever)
|
Exclude until the child has received
antibiotic treatment for at least 24 hours
and the person feels well.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
Exclude until a medical certificate
from an appropriate health authority is
received.
|
Not excluded.
|
|
Typhoid fever (including paratyphoid
fever)
|
Exclude until approval to return has
been given by an appropriate health
authority.
|
Not excluded unless considered
necessary by public health
authorities.
|
|
Whooping cough
|
Exclude the child for five days after
starting antibiotic treatment.
|
Exclude unimmunised household contacts
aged less than 7 years for 14 days after
the last exposure to infection or until
they have taken five days of a 14-day
course of antibiotics. (Exclude close
child care contacts until they have
commenced antibiotics).
|
|
Worms (intestinal)
|
Exclude if diarrhoea present.
|
Not excluded.
|
This list should be read in conjunction with
NHMRC's publication Staying Healthy in Child Care
available from the Australian Government Publishing
Service.
