| Illness | Period of Exclusion |
| Chickenpox | Until all blisters / spots are dry |
| Conjunctivitis | Until discharge stops |
| Diarrhoea and vomiting | 48 hours after symptoms cease |
| Erythema infectiosum (slapped cheek) | Until clinically well |
| Gastroenteritis (including salmonellosis and shigellosis) |
48 hours after symptoms cease |
| Glandular fever | Until clinically well |
| Giardiasis | 48 hours after symptoms cease |
| Hand, foot and mouth disease |
Until open lesions are healed |
| Head lice | Exclude until treated |
| Hepatitis A | One week after onset of jaundice |
| HIV/AIDS | None |
| Impetigo | Until skin has healed or 48 hours after treatment started |
| Influenza | Until recovered |
| Measles | Until four days after the appearance of rash |
| Meningitis | Until clinically well |
| Mumps | Four days from onset of rash |
| Ringworm 1. Tinea capitis (head) 2. Tinea corporis (body) 3. Tinea pedis (athletes foot) |
Exclusion is not necessary unless an outbreak is suspected None None |
| Rubella (German measles) | Four days from onset of rash |
| Scabies | Until day after treatment |
| Streptococcal throat and scarlet fever |
48 hours after start of antibiotics |
| Shingles | Six days from the onset of rash or until all lesions are dry |
| Tuberculosis | If sputum smear positive, exclude until cleared by TB clinic |
| Threadworm | None but must be treated |
| Typhoid fever | Seek advice from Health Protection Team |
| Verrucae (plantar warts) | None, but cover warts with waterproof dressing for any barefoot activities |
| Whooping cough | Until clinically well but check with Health Protection Team |
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