Should my child stay home from school?

Method of Spread:  Direct contact with an infected person, or indirectly by contact with articles freshly soiled by discharge from nose and throat of the infected person. 

Return to School:  Exclude from school until symptoms are gone or physician authorizes return.

Method of Spread:  Contact with respiratory secretions.

Return to School:  Children with Fifth Disease do not need to be excluded from school since they are not contagious once the rash occurs.

Methods of Spread: Direct contact with infected person's nose and throat secretions.

Return to School:  Exclude from school until symptoms are gone.   

Method of Spread:  Direct person to person contact with nose and throat secretions and feces of infected people.

Return to School:  Exclude from school if ill. 

Method of Spread:  Direct contact with draining sores.  Impetigo may itch and kids spread the infection by scratching it and then touching other parts of the body.  Impetigo is contagious and can spread to anyone who comes into contact with infected skin or other items, such as clothing, towels, and bed linens, that have been touched by infected skin.

Return to School:  Exclude from school until sores are no longer draining and the child is judged noninfectious by a nurse or the child's physician.

 

Method of Spread:  Head lice spread whenever there is direct contact of the head or hair with an infested person.  Lice can also spread throught the sharing of personal articles such as hats, towels, brushes, hair ties, helmets, etc.  There is also a possibility fo spreading head lice via pillow, headrest, or similar items.  Head lice do not jump or fly and generally cannot survive longer than 24 hours off the host. 

Return to School:  Exclude from school until student has been adequately treated.

Methods of Spread: Direct contact with saliva of infected person.

Return to School:  Student may return to school when well enough to resume normal activities.

Method of Spread:  Direct contact with eye and upper repoiratory tract discharges of infected persons, or indirectly by contact with contaminated articles of person infected, including eye makeup apllicators and mulitple dose eye medication droppers.

Return to School:  Exclude from school until 24 hours after start of antibiotic.

Method of Spread: Direct contact with people or animals, indirectly by contact with articles and surfaces contaminated by infected persons or animals.

Return to School: Infected persons should be excluded from school until judged by nurse or physician to be noninfectious.

Method of Spread:  Direct skin to skin contact or from bedding freshly contaminated by infected persons. 

Return to School:  Exclude from school until student has been adequately treated.

Method of Spread:  Direct contact with infected person, rarely by casual contact through transfer by objects or hands.

Return to School:  Student may return to school once treated with antibiotic for 24 hours.

Method of Spread:  Direct contact with infected person, rarely by casual contact through transfer by objects or hands.

Return to School:  Student may return to school once treated with antibiotic for 24 hours.