| DISEASES |
Symptoms |
Method Transmission |
Communicable Period |
Controls |
| Chicken Pox |
Skin rash blisters, scabs |
Direct Contact with drainage, airborne droplets |
1-2 days prior to rash appearing through 6 days after sores appear |
Exclude until 6 days after onset of rash and sores are dry |
| Flu |
Abrupt onset of chills, fever, headaches, sore muscles, runny nose, sore throat, cough are common |
Direct contact with infected person or indirect contact from soiled items with nose and throat discharge from infected person, airborne in crowded areas |
1 day before symptoms, up to 5 days after symptoms begin- may be up to 10 days in younger children |
Exclusion from school based on child's symptoms i.e fever |
| Strep Throat |
Red throat with pus spots, fever, tender, swollen lymph nodes |
Direct contact with secretions from infected person or large droplets, or indirect contact with objects contaminated by infected person |
Until 24 hours antibiotics completed |
Early diagnosis and treatment is essential in preventing complications |
| Impetigo/MRSA |
Blister like pus filled bumps progress yellow crusted sores |
Direct contact with sores or indirect contact with items soiled by drainage from sores |
2 to 10 days (sometimes longer), as long as drainage is present |
Exclude until no drainage present and after 24 hours of treatment |
| Mono |
Fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes (glands), fatigue, headache, spider veins roof mouth, |
Direct contact saliva of infected person |
Unknown |
Need not exclude under ordinary circumstances |
| Ringworm |
Scaly bald patches on scalp or flat ring like rash to skin |
Direct contact with infected area or items that have come into contact with skin infections |
As long as lesions are present |
Exclude until 24 hours treatment given |
| Scabies |
Linear burrows in skin, often found between fingers, inside wrists, elbow, armpits, genital area, intense itching at night |
Direct skin to skin contact. Pets do not transmit the mite. |
From infestation prior to rash until treatment, |
Exclude until 24 hours after treatment, wash and dry clothing, bedding, personal articles. Treat others who have been in contact. |
| Head Lice |
Itchy scalp, feeling something move through hair, white to yellow brown nits attached to hair |
Direct hair to hair contact or indirect contact with infested persons combs, hats, or bedding |
As long as infested person is infested, live aff hair 24 to 48 hours. Eggs live off host 7 to 10 days |
Exclude until pediculocide treatment is given. |
