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MANSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HEALTH SERVICES
COMMUNICABLE/INFECTIOUS ILLNESS EXCLUSION GUIDELINES
FOR DISEASES OR CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE VACCINE PREVENTABLE EXCLUSION GUIDELINES
If your child has a communicable illness, please notify your child's teacher and school nurse. Before returning to school, your child will need to be checked by the school nurse or have a certificate from your doctor (contact the school nurse to see which is applicable). Isolation and Quarantine Regulations are as follows:
- Conjunctivitis - 24 hours after antibiotic therapy has begun and no drainage from the eye.
- Impetigo - 24 hours after medical treatment has begun, lesions must be covered in school.
- Meningitis/Bacterial - 24 hours after antibiotic therapy has begun.
- Meningitis/Viral - No restrictions.
- Meningococcal Infections without Meningitis - 24 hours after start of treatment.
- Pinworm - Students do not need to be excluded assuming treatment has begun.
- Ringworm - 24 hours after treatment has begun.
- Scabies - Note from Doctor that child has been treated and may return.
- Scarlet Fever - 24 hours after prescribed medication has begun.
- Strep. Throat - 24 hours after antibiotic therapy has begun.
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