Screening & School Exclusion

Question 1

School ex for impetigo

Answer 1

until commencement of appropriate ABx

*any sores should be covered with watertight dressing

Question 2

School ex for CMV

Answer 2

None

Question 3

School ex for infectious mononucleosis, EBV

Answer 3

None

Question 4

School ex for hand, feet and mouth disease

Answer 4

until blisters have dried

Question 5

School ex for Herpes Simplex

Answer 5

if developmentally capable to maintain good hygiene -> exclusion not necessary

if not -> exclude until sores are dry

Question 6

School ex for diphtheria

Answer 6

until medical certificate received after 2 negative throat cultures

*first swab no less than 24 hours after starting abx

Question 7

School ex for chicken pox

Answer 7

Until blistered have dried; usually 5 days after rash first appeared in unimmunized

*less days in immunised child

Question 8

School ex for molluscum contagiosum?

Answer 8

not necessary

Question 9

School ex for ringworm

Answer 9

until day after ABx start

Question 10

School ex for rubella

Answer 10

until full recovery or at least 4 days after rash appears

Question 11

School ex for TB

Answer 11

until health certificate provided