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Paediatrics

School exclusion

Updated: 24th Nov 2023

Measels – 5/7 from rash onset

Chickenpox – 5/7 from rash onset

Whooping cough – 5/7 from starting antibiotics

Mumps – 5/7 from swollen glands

Rubella – 6/7 from rash onset

Scarlet fever – 24h after starting antibiotics

Giardiasis, salmonella, shigella – Settled for 24h

Impetigo – Until crusted & healed or 2/7 after abx. started

Shingles – Only if rash weeping & cannot be covered

Scabies – Until treated

Diarrhoea & vomiting – 48h after last D or V. No swimming for 2/52

No exclusion advised

  • 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
  • Hand, foot and mouth disease