Preparing Children for a Successful Future
Exclusion Procedure for Illness / Communicable Disease
Disease/ Illness
Minimal Exclusion Period
Antibiotics prescribed
First 2 days at home
Temperature
If sent home, child must be off for 24 hours
Vomiting
Kept at home for 48 hours from last episode of vomiting
Conjunctivitis
None
Diarrhoea
Kept at home for 48 hours from last episode of diarrhoea
Chickenpox
5 days from the appearance of the rash
Gastro-enteritis, food
poisoning, salmonella and
dysentery
Until authorised by the District Community Physician
Infective Hepatitis
7 days from the onset of jaundice
Measles
4 days from the appearance of the rash
Meningococcal Infection
Until recovery from the illness
Mumps
Until the swelling has subsided and in no case less than 7
days from the onset of the illness
Whooping Cough
21 days from the onset of cough
Poliomyelitis
Until declared free from the infection by the District
Community Physician
German Measles
6 days from the appearance of the rash
Scarlet Fever/
Streptococcal
Infection of the throat
Child can return 24 hours after commencing appropriate
treatment
Tuberculosis
Until declared free from infection by the District
Community Physician
Typhoid Fever
Until declared free from infection by the District
Community Physician
Impetigo
Until the skin has healed
Lice
Until appropriate treatment has been given
Plantar Warts
No exclusion. Should be treated and covered
Ringworm of scalp
Until cured
Ringworm of body
Seldom necessary to exclude provided treatment is being
given
Scabies
Need not be excluded, once appropriate treatment has been
given
