Nyrs Ysgol
| Rash & Skins | Recommended period to be kept away from school. | Comments |
| Chickenpox | Five days from onset of rash. | It is not necessary to wait until sports have healed or crusted. |
| German Measles | Five days from onset of rash. | The child is most infectious before the diagnosis is made and most children should be immune due to immunisation so that exclusion after the rash appears will prevent very few cases. |
| Impetigo | Until lesions are crusted or healed | Antibiotic treatment by mouth may speed healing. If lesions can reliably be kept covered exclusion may be shortened. |
| Measles | Five days from onset of rash. | Measles is now rare in the UK. |
| Scarlet Fever | Five days from onset of rash. | Treatment recommended for the affected child. |
| Slapped cheek or Fifth disease (Parvovirus) | None | Exclusion is ineffective as nearly all transmission takes place before the child becomes unwell. |
| Warts & Verrucae | None | Affected children may go swimming but verrucae should be covered. |
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| Diarrhoea & Vomiting Illness | Recommended period to be kept away from school | 48 hours from last bout. |
| OTHERS | Reccommended period to be kept away form school. | Comments |
| Conjunctivities | None | If an outbreak occurs consult Consultant in Communicable Disease Control. |
| Head lice (nits) | None | Treatment is recommended only in cases where live lice have definitely been seen. Combing done every night. |
| Mumps | Five days from onset of swollen glands. | The child is most infectious before the diagnosis is made and most children should be immune due to immunisation. |
| Threadworms | None | Transmission is uncommon in schools but treatment is recommended for the child and family. School must be informed. |
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Gwybodaeth Cysyllty ar Nyrs Ysgol
Morag Evans
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