School exclusion Flashcards
Athlete’s foot
None
Chickenpox
Until all vesicles crusted over
Cold sores
None
German measles (rubella)
5 days from onset of rash
HFM
None
Impetigo
All lesions healed
/
48hr after starting antibiotics
Measles
4 days from onset of rash
Molluscum
None
Ringworm
Not usually
Roseola
None
Scabies
Can return after 1st treatment
Scarlet fever
24hr after starting antibiotics
Slapped cheek (fifth disease)
Once rash has developed
Shingles
Only if weeping and cannot be covered
Warts/verrucae
None
Diarrhoea / vomiting
48hr from last episode
e.coli O157 VTEC
48hr from last episode of diarrhoea
Typhoid/paratyphoid
48hr from last episode of diarrhoea
Shigella
48hr from last episode of diarrhoea
Cryptosporidosis
48hr from last episode of diarrhoea
Flu
Until recovered
Whooping cough
48hr from starting antibiotics
/
21 days from onset, if no antibiotics
Conjunctivitis
None
Glandular fever
None
Head lice
None
Hep A
7 days after onset of jaundice
Hep B, Hep C, HIV
None
Meningococcal meningitis/septicaemia
Until recovered
Non-meningococcal meningitis
Until recovered
MRSA
None
Mumps
5 days from onset of swelling
Threadworms
None
Tonsillitis
None
Infectious mononucleosis
No exclusion