Schools & Child-Care Centers

Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in a Group-Care Setting

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Note: the charts on this page are currently being revised. The revised chart will be available on this site as soon as possible.

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Chart with Notes

• Communicable Disease Chart with Notes for Schools and Child-Care Centers ( PDF File, 122KB)
  Conditions; Incubation Periods; Signs and Symptoms; Exclusions; Readmission Criterias; Reportable Diseases; and Prevention, Treatment and Comments, with Notes (Described Below)
  
  

Chart

Communicable Disease Chart for Schools and Child-Care Centers ( PDF File, 52KB)
Conditions; Incubation Periods; Signs and Symptoms; Exclusions; Readmission Criterias; Reportable Diseases; and Prevention, Treatment and Comments

Notes

Communicable Disease Notes for Schools and Child-Care Centers ( PDF File, 33KB)
Exclusion and Readmission; When to Keep Your Child Home From School; Nuisance Diseases; Vaccine Preventable Diseases; Diarrheal Disease; To Minimize the Spread of Communicable Disease; When a Communicable Disease is Diagnosed and Suspected; Sanitizing Procedure; Diapering; Antibiotic Use; and Wound Care 

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