Postnatal - Infectious Diseases School Exclusion

Introduction

The recommendations for exclusion from school of children with infectious diseases will vary from country to country and is continuously being updated to include new recommendations based upon research and medical changes.

In Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council had a "Recommended minimum periods of exclusion from school, pre-school and child care centres for cases of and contact with infectious diseases (1997)" that has been revoked and replaced with updated information in a publication Staying Healthy in Child Care (2005).^[1]

These recommendations are designed to assist those working with children, but should also be considered in terms of the effects of maternal infections.

Australian Recommendations

The following modified table and information is provided for educational purposes only, please refer to the original document.^[1]

These are NHMRC (2005) recommended minimum periods (due for review in 2010) of exclusion from schools, pre-schools and child care centres based on risk of infection but a child or staff member may need to stay at home longer than the exclusion period to recover from an illness. Different exclusion periods will apply to people whose work involves food handling.

Infectious Diseases

The following is a general, and not complete, list of some infectious diseases. This will differ between countries.

Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)
Campylobacter
Chicken pox
Conjunctivitis
Cytomegalovirus Infection
Diarrhoea
Diphtheria
Glandular fever (mononucleosis)
Hand, Foot and Mouth disease
Haemophilus type b (Hib)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Herpes ("cold sores")
Hookworm
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV AIDS virus)
Impetigo
Influenza and influenza like illnesses
Leprosy
Measles
Meningitis (bacterial)
Meningococcal infection
Molluscum contagiosum
Mumps
Parvovirus (erythema infectiousum fifth disease)
Poliomyelitis
Ringworm, scabies, pediculosis (lice), trachoma
Rubella (german measles)
Salmonella, Shigella
Streptococcal infection (including scarlet fever)
Tuberculosis
Typhoid fever (including paratyphoid fever)
Whooping cough
Worms (intestinal)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Staying Healthy in Child Care - Preventing infectious diseases in child care - Fourth Edition (2005), accessed 9 July 2010 (scheduled for review in 2010) http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ch43syn.htm

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Australia National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Staying Healthy in Child Care (2006).
Australia - Victorian State Government, Department of Health School exclusion table

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[Staying_Healthy_in_Child_Care-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Staying Healthy in Child Care - Preventing infectious diseases in child care - Fourth Edition (2005), accessed 9 July 2010 (scheduled for review in 2010) http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ch43syn.htm

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