Talk:Postnatal - Infectious Diseases School Exclusion
From Embryology
| Condition | Exclusion of Case | Exclusion of Contacts | Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica) | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours | Not excluded | Campylobacter | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours | Not excluded | Candidiasis | See ‘Thrush’ | Chickenpox (Varicella) | Exclude until all blisters have dried.This is usually at least 5 days after the rash first appeared in unimmunised children and less in immunised children. | Not excluded. | CMV (Cytomegalovirus infection) | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Not excluded | Conjunctivitis | Exclude until the discharge from the eyes has stopped unless doctor has diagnosed a non- infectious conjunctivitis. | Not excluded | Cryptosporidium infection | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours | Not excluded | Diarrhoea (No organism identified) | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours | Not excluded | Diphtheria | Exclude until medical certificate of recovery is received following at least 2 negative throat swabs, the first swab not less than 24 hours after finishing a course of antibiotics followed by another swab 48 hours later. | Exclude contacts that live in the same house until cleared to return by an appropriate health authority. | German measles | See ‘Rubella’ | Giardiasis | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours | Not excluded | Glandular fever (Mononucleosis, EBV infection) | Hand, foot and mouth disease | Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) | Head lice (Pediculosis) | Hepatitis A | Hepatitis B | Hepatitis C | Herpes simplex (cold sores, fever blisters) | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS) | Hydatid disease | Impetigo (school sores) | Influenza and influenza-like illnesses | Legionnaires’ disease | Leprosy | Measles | Meningitis (bacterial) | Meningitis (viral) | Meningococcal infection | Molluscum contagiosum | Mumps | Norovirus | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclude until all blisters have dried | Exclude until the person has received appropriate antibiotic treatment for at least 4 days.10 | Exclusion is NOT necessary if effective treatment is commenced prior to the next day at child care (i.e. the child doesn’t need to be sent home immediately if head lice are detected). | Exclude until a medical certificate of recovery is received, but not before seven days after the onset of jaundice. | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclusion is not necessary if the person is developmentally capable of maintaining hygiene practices to minimise the risk of transmission. If the person is unable to comply with these practices they should be excluded until the sores are dry. Sores should be covered by a dressing where possible. | Exclusion is NOT necessary. If the person is severely immunocompromised, they will be vulnerable to other people’s illnesses. | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclude until appropriate antibiotic treatment has commenced. Any sores on exposed skin should be covered with a watertight dressing. | Exclude until well | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclude until approval to return has been given by an appropriate health authority | Exclude for 4 days after the onset of the rash | Exclude until well and has received appropriate antibiotics | Exclude until well | Exclude until appropriate antibiotic treatment has been completed | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclude for nine days after onset of swelling. | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion or vomiting for 48 hours | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded
Immunised and immune contacts are | Not excluded. Non-immunised contacts of a case are to be excluded from child care until 14 days after the first day of appearance of rash in the last case, unless immunised within 72 hours of first contact during the infectious period with the first case. All immunocompromised children should be excluded until 14 days after the first day of appearance of rash in the last case.11 |
Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Parvovirus infection (fifth disease, erythema infectiosum, slapped cheek syndrome) | Pertussis | Respiratory Syncytial virus | Ringworm/tinea | Roseola | Ross River virus | Rotavirus infection | Rubella (German measles) | Salmonella infection | Scabies | Scarlet fever | School sores | Shigella infection | Streptococcal sore throat (including scarlet fever) | Thrush (candidiasis) | Toxoplasmosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | Typhoid, Paratyphoid | Varicella | Viral gastroenteritis (viral diarrhoea) | Warts | Whooping cough (pertussis) | Worms | Exclusion is NOT necessary | See ‘Whooping Cough’ | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclude until the day after appropriate antifungal treatment has commenced | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Children are to be excluded from the centre until there has not been a loose bowel motion or vomiting for 24 hours. | Exclude until fully recovered or for at least four days after the onset of the rash | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours | Exclude until the day after appropriate treatment has commenced | See ‘Streptococcal sore throat’ | See ‘Impetigo’ | Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours | Exclude until the person has received antibiotic treatment for at least 24 hours and feels well | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclude until medical certificate is produced from an appropriate health authority | Exclude until medical certificate is produced from appropriate health authority | See ‘Chickenpox’ | Children are to be excluded from the centre until there has not been a loose bowel motion or vomiting for 24 hours. | Exclusion is NOT necessary | Exclude until five days after starting appropriate antibiotic treatment or for 21 days from the onset of coughing.12 | Exclusion not necessary if treatment has occurred | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded | Not excluded unless considered necessary by public health authorities | Not excluded | Not excluded | Contacts that live in the same house as the case and have received less than three doses of pertussis vaccine are to be excluded from the centre until they have had 5 days of an appropriate course of antibiotics. If antibiotics have not been taken, these contacts must be excluded for 21 days after their last exposure to the case while the person was infectious. | Not excluded |
