EXCLUSION PERIOD FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Based on incubation periods and duration of infectiveness.
| Chickenpox | 6 days from start of skin eruption |
| E.coli enteritis | 2 negative stool samples |
| Fifth disease (parvovirus infection) | None recommended |
| Haemophilus influenza b infection | 48 hrs after start of treatment |
| Hepatitis A | <5 yrs- 5 days >5yrs- none |
| HSV (cold sores / stomatitis) | None |
| Impetigo | 24hrs after starting Rx |
| Infectious mononucleosis | None recommended |
| Influenza A | None recommended |
| Lyme disease | None recommended |
| Measles | 4 days from onset of rash |
| Meningococcal disease | 48 hrs after start of treatment |
| Mumps | 5 days from onset of parotitis |
| Norwalk virus | 3 days from last episode of diarrhoea |
| Pertussis | 5 days from starting macrolide Abs. |
| Roseolainfantum | None recommended |
| Rubella | 5 days from onset of rash |
| Salmonella | <5 years after 3 normal stools >5 – 24 hrs after resolution diarrhoea |
| Scabies & head lice | Until treated |
| Scarlet fever/ Streptococcal pharyngitis | 5 days from start of antibiotics |
| Shigella | 2 culture negative stools |
| Tuberculosis | Smear +ve2/52 after starting treatment; Smear –ve or extra pulmonary- none |