Communicable Disease | Incubation Period | Symptoms | Period of Isolation |
Chicken Pox | 14-21 days | Red raised dots with fluid blisters which usually start on back on chest | At least 10 days after the appearance of last eruptions. May return sooner if a doctor sees child and send admit slip. |
Fifth's Disease | 4-20 days | Rash on cheeks (Cheeks look like someone has slapped them) No fever or low grade. Red flat or raised rash that last from 2-39 days (average 11 days) | Until they are feeling well-not contagious once rash occurs. |
Impetigo | 2-3 days | Pinhead to bean-size lesions easily recognized by their honey colored, readily crumbling and easily removable crusts. | Until scabs have formed over all the lesions. With no drainage or until MD confirmed treatment for 24 hours. |
Pink Eye (Conjunctivities) | On Contact | 1) Discharge 2)Crusts on lashes 3)Eye pain 4)Swollen eyelids 5)Redness in eye 6)Intense itching |
When eye is no longer red or draining or when Dr. writes note saying child is no longer infectious & can return to school. |
Ringworm (Fungus infection of the skin) | On Contact | 1) on scalp-patchy hair loss 2)On body-red, circular, flat and scaling with well defined borders. |
1) Scale: 2-5 days after start of (MD confirmed) treatment 2)Body: Until 1st (MD confirmed) treatment completed. |