Common Infectious diseases: when the child go back to school or child care? **Chickenpox (varicella) Keep the child away from school until all blisters have dried. This is usually at least 5 days after the spots first appeared in unimmunised children and less in immunised children **Pink Eye Conjunctivitis (acute infectious) No school Until the discharge from the eyes has stopped. No Cryptosporidium infection Yes, until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours **Diarrhoea (No organism identified as the cause) No school Until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours **Hand, foot and mouth disease No school Until all blisters have dried **Head lice If effective treatment is started before the next day at the facility - that means child does not need to be sent home immediately. **Impetigo (school sores) No school Until antibiotic treatment has begun. Sores on exposed surfaces must be covered with a watertight dressing **Parvovirus (erythema infectiosum - ‘fifth disease’, ‘slapped face disease’) Yes, Yes. Can go back to school immediately. The patient is not contagious once the rash appear **Roseloa The patient is not contagious once the rash appear. **Mumps No school For 9 days after onset of swelling Please consult the pediatrician of your child for the diagnosis and proper treatment. Reference: National Health and Medical Research Council. Staying Healthy in Child Care. Preventing Infectious Diseases in Child Care, 4th edition. Endorsed December 2005. Osama Naga.
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