APPENDIX 1
EXCLUSION TABLE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
It is intended as an “exclusion at a glance” guide only.
Disease
Exclusion from school
Chicken pox
For 5 days from onset of rash.
Diarrhoea and/or
Vomiting
For 48 hours from last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting.
E.coli O157
48 hours from the last episode of diarrhoea. Longer exclusion
may be required for some children. Consult Health Protection
Unit.
Food poisoning
Until free of symptoms (diarrhoea and/or vomiting) for 48
hours.
Flu
Until recovered.
Hepatitis A
For 7 days from onset of jaundice (or seven days after
symptom onset if no jaundice)
Impetigo
Measles
Until lesions are crusted or healed or 48 hours after
commencing antibiotic treatment
For 4 days from onset of rash.
Mumps
For 5 days from onset of swelling.
Ringworm
Exclusion not usually required.
Rubella
For 6 days from onset of rash.
Scabies
Student can return after first treatment has commenced.
Scarlet Fever
For 24 hours after commencing antibiotics.
Shigella
(dysentery)
For 48 hours from last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting.
Longer exclusion may be required for some children. Consult
HPU
Tuberculosis
For two weeks after treatment has started. HPU will advise on
action.
Typhoid (and
paratyphoid)
For 48 hours from last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting.
Longer exclusion may be required for some children. Consult
HPU
.
Whooping Cough
For 5 days from commencing antibiotic treatment
Source: “School Health Matters” Health Protection Agency