Campylobacter
Cause/Symptoms: Bacteria. Diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, nausea and vomiting - may be mild to severe. Stools may contain blood.
Transmission: Fecal-oral route. Ingestion of undercooked meat (especially poultry), unpasteurized milk and contaminated water or by direct contact with fecal material from infected animals or people.
Incubation: 1 to 10 days.
Period of Communicability - Variable, as long as organisms are being excreted; usually 2 to 7 weeks.
Your child can return to daycare, once all the following criteria has been meet:
~ Diarrhea
~ Your child is no longer in any pain
~ Your child can participate in all the daycare activities
~ Your child is eating and drinking normally
Your child Will be home for two (2) weeks or longer
Transmission: Fecal-oral route. Ingestion of undercooked meat (especially poultry), unpasteurized milk and contaminated water or by direct contact with fecal material from infected animals or people.
Incubation: 1 to 10 days.
Period of Communicability - Variable, as long as organisms are being excreted; usually 2 to 7 weeks.
Your child can return to daycare, once all the following criteria has been meet:
~ Diarrhea
- 24 hours from the time the diarrhea reducing medication are out of your child system (8 to 10 hours after taking last dose) and diarrhea has not returned
- 24 hours free of any diarrhea reducing medication or any other medication that can mask symptoms of illness.
- If no medication is given: 24 hours starting one (1) hour after your child's last diarrhea bowel movement
- 48 hours from the time the fever reducing medication are out of your child system (8 to 10 hours after taking last dose) and fever has not returned
- 48 hours free of any fever reducing medication or any other medication that can mask symptoms of illness.
- If no medication is given: 48 hours starting one (1) hour after you discover your child’s fever has broken
- 24 hours from the time the vomit reducing medication (such as, Gravel) are out of your child system (8 to 10 hours after taking last dose) and vomiting has not restarted
- 24 hours free of any vomit reducing medication or any other medication that can mask symptoms of illness.
- If no medication is given: 24 hours starting one (1) hour after the last time your child vomited.
~ Your child is no longer in any pain
~ Your child can participate in all the daycare activities
~ Your child is eating and drinking normally
Your child Will be home for two (2) weeks or longer