Hepatitis A:
Exclusion from School / Work

Hand, foot and mouth disease

infected children should be kept away from school while they are unwell.
The child should not be kept away from school till the last blister disappears,
providing the child is well.
1) Pulse (17/7/99), 15.
2) Department of Health (2005). Guidance on infection control in schools and nurseries
3) Health Protection Agency (April 2010). Guidance on infection control in schools and other childcare settings
4) NICE (April 2009). Diarrhoea and vomiting in children.
5) ) Fuller LC et al. British Association of Dermatologists' guidelines for the management of tinea capitis 2014. Br J Dermatol. 2014;171(3):454-63.
6) Health Protection Agency. Essex Health Protection Unit 2009. Factsheet on hand, foot and mouth disease
7) Institute for Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.

Chicken pox:


Exclusion for five days
from rash onset

Measles:


Exclusion for five days
from rash onset

Whooping cough pertusis:


Exclusion for five days
from starting antibiotics

Mumps:


Exclusion for five days
from the onset of swollen glands

German measles (rubella) :


Exclusion for five days
from the onset of swollen glands

Scarlet fever :


Exclusion for six days
from onset of rash

Child can return 24 hours after
commencing appropriate antibiotic treatment
recommended for the affected child


Giardiasis /Salmonella/Shigella


Exclusion until condition has settled

Impetigo


Until lesions are crusted and healed,
or 48 hours after
commencing antibiotic treatment

Shingles:


Exclude only if rash is weeping and cannot be covered

Gastroenteritis:
Giardiasis /Salmonella/Shigella


Exclusion until condition has settled

NICE:
Children should not attend any school or other childcare facility
while they have diarrhoea or vomiting caused by gastroenteritis

Children should not go back to their school or other childcare facility
until at least 48 hours after the last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting

Children should not swim in swimming pools
for 2 weeks after the last episode of diarrhoea.

Tinea capitis (fungal scalp infection):


Children receiving appropriate systemic and adjunctive topical therapy
should be allowed to attend school or nursery

Conditions where there is no recommended period
to be kept away from school
(once the child is well):


influenza;
cold sores (HSV);
molluscum contagiosum;
ringworm (tinea);
athlete's foot;
roseola;
slapped cheek disease (parvovirus);
warts and verrucae;
conjunctivitis;
glandular fever;
head lice;
non-meningiococcal meningitis;
thread worm;
tonsillitis

Exclusion from nursery
(guidance regarding common infections)

Exclusion from School / Work

Salmonella:
Exclusion from School / Work

Shigella:
Exclusion from School / Work

Giardiasis:
Exclusion from School / Work