Childhood illness Flashcards
School exclusion
Fifth disease
None
School exclusion
Hand foot and mouth
None
School exclusion
Infectious mononucleosis
None
School exclusion
Head lice
None
School exclusion
Scarlet fever
24 hours after starting antibiotics
School exclusion
Whooping cough
48 hours after starting antibiotics
School exclusion
Measles
4 days from onset of rash
School exclusion
Rubella
5 days from onset of rash
School exclusion
Chickenpox
All lesions crusted over
School exclusion
Mumps
5 days from onset of swollen glands
School exclusion
D+V
Until symptoms settled for 48 hours
School exclusion
Impetigo
Until lesions crusted and healed of 48 hours after starting abx treatment
School exclusion
Scabies
Until treated
School exclusion
Influenza
Until recovered
Hand foot and mouth is caused by
Coxsackie A16
Enterovirus