Communicable Disease Exclusion Chart
http://ideas.health.vic.gov.au/guidelines/school-exclusion-table.asp
Exclusion Chart
Mumps | Until fully recovered | Not excluded |
Pediculosis (head lice) | Until appropriate treatment has commenced | Not excluded |
Pertussis (whooping cough) | Until 2 weeks after the onset of the illness and until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection | Domiciliary contacts must be excluded from attending a children’s services centre for 21 days after the last exposure to infection if the contacts have not previously had whooping cough or immunisation against it |
Poliomyelitis | Until at least 14 days after onset of illness and until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection | Not excluded |
Ringworm | Until appropriate treatment has commenced | Not excluded |
Rotavirus (diarrhoea) | Until diarrhoea ceased | Not excluded |
Rubella | Until fully recovered or at least 5 days after the onset of the rash | Not excluded |
Scabies | Until appropriate treatment has commenced` | Not excluded |
Shigella (diarrhoea) | Until diarrhoea ceases | Not excluded |
Streptococcal Infection(inc. Scarlet Fever) | Until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection | Not excluded |
Trachoma | Until appropriate treatment has commenced | Not excluded |
Tuberculosis | Until receipt of a medical certificate from a health officer of the department that the child is not considered to be infectious | Not excluded |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | Until receipt of medical certificate of recovery from infection | Not excluded unless medical officer of health or health officer of the department considers exclusion to be necessary |
Chickenpox | Until fully recovered or until at least one week after the eruption | Not excluded |