Harvard Park Infectious Control Policy Any child or staff member who has any infectious disease, the exclusion from the Childcare Centre is set out below. All parents are informed of this policy. DISEASE
EXCLUSION PERIOD FROM SETTING
Chicken Pox
Conjunctivitis
Diarrhoea
Minimum of 6 days from onset of rash
24 hours following the start of treatment
48 hours from the time symptoms have subsided.
When blisters have cleared Hand, foot and mouth
Headlice
Impetigo
Thrush
Vomiting
After treatment
Until all the crusts have dropped off or treatment has been given for 48 hours. Until treatment has commenced
48 hours from the time symptoms have subsided.
If your child is on antibiotics they are allowed to re-enter the setting 48 hours AFTER the first dose has been taken. We have leaflets available or seek advice from you GP. Any questions about any other illnesses, please ask the managers at Harvard Park.