Exclusion Periods

Pepperberry Day Nursery Exclusion Periods

This page lists the minimum exclusion periods.

  • If antibiotics prescribed: First two days at home
  • Conjunctivitis: None
  • Vomiting: If sent home ill child must be off for 48hrs
  • Diarrhoea: 48 hrs (varies)
  • Immunisations: 24 hours
  • German Measles: (Rubella) 5 days from onset of rash
  • Glandular fever: None
  • Hand, foot and mouth: Until well
  • Head Lice: None
  • Hepatitis A: Exclusion may be necessary
  • Impetigo: Until lesions are crusted and dry
  • Measles: 5 days after onset of rash
  • Meningococcal: Until recovered from illness
  • Molluson Contagiosum: None
  • MRSA: None
  • Poliomyelitis: Seek advice
  • Ring worm: Until treatment started
  • Scabies: Until treated
  • Shingles: If rash is weeping and cannot be covered
  • Bacillary(Shigella): 48 hours
  • Chicken pox: until completely scabbed over
  • Cold sores: None
  • Conjunctivitis: None
  • Cryptosporidiosis: 48 hours
  • Diptheria: Seek advice
  • E.Coli: 48 hours
  • Slapped cheek: Until clinically well
  • Food poisoning and diarrhea(inc Samonella): 48 hours
  • Steptococcal Infection(inc Scarlet fever and some Tonsilitis): 5 days after starting antibiotics
  • Thread worm: None
  • Tuberculosis: Until declared none infectious
  • Typhoid asnd Paratypoid: Seek advice
  • Verruca: None
  • Whooping Cough: 5 days from start of treatment or 21 days from onset of cough