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ILLNESS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES POLICY
A sick child needs to be at home with their parent/carer.
If a child is due to come to me and the parent/carer is unable
to care for the child, I would ask the parent/carer to let me
know so that I can decide whether I can still care for the child,
and I would ask that my decision is respected.
My registration does not allow me to care for a child who has an
infectious illness. I also would not be able to care for a child
with sickness and/or diarrhoea. A list of infectious illnesses is
included in this policy alongside their exclusion times and
parents/carers will be informed of any amendments to this list
as they may occur.
I will also need to be notified if a child has any infections or
infestations such as headlice or threadworms. It may then be
necessary to inform parents/carers of other children in my care
so that they can take steps to protect their own child’s health.
The child will remain anonymous.
If a child becomes sick whilst in my care, I shall contact the
parent/carer who should come and collect the child as soon as
possible. I will look after the child until the parent/carer
arrives to take the child.
I am legally obliged to notify the Local Authorities of any illness
listed on the notifiable diseases list, attached below, in
accordance with the Health Protection (Notification)
Regulations 2010. I will inform Ofsted of any actions taken.
In the event that I am unable to care for the children due to
my own ill health, I will contact parents/carers as soon as
possible notifying them of my expected return date in line with
the ‘Infectious Diseases List’. I apologise in advance for any
inconvenience caused upon such occasion.
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I will promote good health and infection control in our daily
practises. This will include hand washing after using the toilet,
blowing noses or coming into contact with animals and before
eating and food handling, with each child using their own
facecloth/hand towel. I will use disposable gloves for nappy
changing and dispose of dirty nappies in a nappy sack. A routine
cleaning procedure will be followed and recorded.
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INFECTIOUS/NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
Minimum Exclusion Periods for Illness and Disease:
DISEASE
PERIOD OF EXCLUSION
Antibiotics prescribed
Chicken Pox
First 24 hours
7 days from when the rash first
appears
Conjunctivitis
24 hours or until the eyes have
stopped ‘weeping’
Diarrhoea
24 hours after diarrhoea has ceased
Diptheria
2-5 days
Gastro-enteritis, food poisoning,
24 hours or until advised by your
salmonella and dysentery
Doctor
Glandular fever
Until certified well
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
During acute phase and while rash and
ulcers are present
Hepatitis A
7 days from onset of jaundice and
when recovered
Hepatitis B
Until clinically well
High temperature
24 hours
Impetigo
Until the skin has healed
Infective Hepatitis
7 days from the onset
Measles
7 days from when the rash first
appears
Meningitis
Until certified well
Mumps
7 days minimum or until the swelling
has subsided
Pediculosis (lice)
Until treatment has been given
Pertussis (Whooping cough)
21 days from the onset
Plantar warts
Should be treated and covered
Poliomyelitis
Until certified well
Ringworm of scalp
Until cured
Ringworm of the body
Until treatment has been given
Rubella (German measles)
4 days from onset of rash
Scabies
Until treatment has been given
Scarlet Fever and Streptoococcal
3 days from the start of the infection
of the throat
treatment
Tuberculosis
Until declared free from infection by
a Doctor
Typhoid fever
Until declared free from infection by
a Doctor
Vomiting
24 hours after vomiting has ceased
Warts (including Verrucae)
Exclusion not necessary, sufferer
should keep feet covered
This list is not necessarily exhaustive; I will contact the local health
service if in any doubt.
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Diseases notifiable (to Local Authority Proper Offices) under the Health
Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010:
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Acute encephalitis
Acute meningitis
Acute poliomyelitis
Acute infectious hepatitis
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Cholera
Diptheria
Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid fever)
Food poisoning
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Infectious bloody diarrhoea
Invasive group A streptococcal disease and scarlet fever
Legionnaires’ Disease
Leprosy
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal septicaemia
Mumps
Plague
Rabies
Rubella
SARS
Smallpox
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Typhus
Viral haemorrhagic fever
Whooping cough
Yellow Fever
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