Infectious Diseases

We follow the Guidelines to exclusion from childcare as prescribed by the National Health and Medical Research Council. 

 

Condition Exclusion of cases     

 Exclusion of contacts     
Campylobacter     

 Exclusion until diarrhoea has ceased     

 Not excluded     
Chicken pox     

 Excluded until fully recovered or at least five days after the erup-tion first appears. Note that some remaining scabs are not a reason for continued exclusion.     

 Any child with an immune defi-ciency (for example, leukae-mia) or receiving chemother-apy should be excluded for their own protection. Otherwise not excluded.     
Conjunctivitis     

 Excluded until discharge from eyes has ceased.     

 Not excluded     
Diarrhoea     

 Excluded until discharge from eyes has ceased     

 Not excluded     
Diphtheria     

 Excluded until medical certificate recovery is received following at least two negative throat swabs, the first not less than 24 hours after finishing a course of antibi-otics and the other 48 hours later.     

 Exclude family household of contacts until cleared to return by an appropriate health au-thority.     
Glandular Fever     

 Exclusion is not necessary     

 Not excluded     
Hand, foot & mouth     

 Exclusion until completely well and all blisters have dried     

 As organisms may still be in faeces, thorough hand washing and cleaning must be main-tained.     
Hepatitis A     

 Exclude until a medical certificate of recovery is received , but not before seven days after the on-set of jaundice or illness     

 Not excluded     
Hepatitis B     

 Exclusion not necessary     

 Not excluded     
HIV AIDS virus     

 Exclusion is not necessary unless the child has a secondary infec-tion     

 Not excluded     
Impetigo     

 Exclusion until appropriate treat-ment has commenced. Sores on exposed surfaces must be cov-ered with a watertight dressing.     

 Not excluded     
Leprosy     

 Exclude until approval to return has been given by an appropriate health authority     

 Not excluded     
Measles     

 Exclude for at least four days af-ter onset of rash     

 Immunised contacts not ex-cluded. Unimmunised contacts should be excluded until 14 days after the first day of ap-pearance of rash in the last case. If unimmunised contacts are vaccinated within 72 hours of their first contact with the first case they may return to care.     
Meningitis(Bacterial)    

 Exclude until well     

 Not excluded     
Meningococcal in-fection 

 Exclude until well 

 Not excluded 
Mumps 

 Exclude for nine days or until swelling goes down (which ever is sooner) 

 Not excluded 
Poliomyelitis 

 Exclude for at least 14 days from onset. Re-admit after receiving medical certificate of recovery 

 Not excluded 
Ringworm, scabies, lice, trachoma 

 Re-admit the day after appropri-ate treatment has commenced. 

 Not excluded 
Rubella (German measles) 

 Exclude until fully recovered or for at least four days after the onset of rash. 

 Not excluded 
Streptococcal infec-tion (including scar-let fever) 

 Exclude until the child has re-ceived antibiotic treatment for at least 24 hours and the child feels well 

 Not excluded 
Tuberculosis 

 Exclude until a medical certificate from an appropriate health au-thority is received 

 Not excluded 
Whooping cough 

 Exclude the child for 5 days after starting antibiotic treatment 

 Exclude unimmunised house-hold contacts aged less than 7 years for 14 days after the last exposure to infection or until they have taken 5 days of a 14 day course of antibiotics. (Exclude close child care con-tacts until they have com-menced antibiotics)