Contagious diseases: (as advised by Public Health England)
| Infection or complaint: | Exclusion period: |
| Chicken pox | Until all vesicles have crusted over |
| German Measles/Measles | 4 days from the onset |
| Impetigo | Until lesions are crusted and healed OR 48 hours after starting antibiotic treatment. |
| Scabies | Child can return after first treatment |
| Scarlet fever | Child can return 24 hours after starting appropriate treatment |
| Shingles | Only if rash is weeping and cannot be covered |
| Diarrhoea and/or vomiting | 48 hours from the last bout of diarrhoea or vomiting. |
| Mumps | 5 days after onset on swelling |
| Meningitis | Until recovered |
| Flu | Until recovered |
Symptoms requiring removal of child from the setting:
- Fever: Fever is defined as having a temperature of 38C or above in child under 5 (a child needs to be fever free for a minimum of 24 hours before returning to school, that means the child is fever free without the aid of any other fever reducing substance).
- Fever AND sore throat,
- Rash
- Irritabilityor confusion.
- Diarrhoea: runny, watery, bloody stools, or 2 or more loose stools within last 4 hours.
- Vomiting: 2 or more times in a 24-hour period. Note: please do not bring your child if they have vomited in the night.
- Breathing trouble: sore throat, swollen glands, loss of voice, hacking or continuous coughing.
- Frequent scratching of body or scalp, lice, rash, or any other spots that resemble childhood diseases, including ringworm.
- Child is irritable, continuously crying, or requires more attention than we can provide without hurting the health, safety or well-being of the other children in our care.
Antibiotics:
If your child has be prescribed antibiotics your child will need to be absent from the setting for the first 24 hours of having taken the antibiotics,this is in case your child has a reaction to the antibiotic.