Gastroenteritis
Your child is required to stay home
Gastroenteritis:
A case is defined as having:
- single case of unknown cause
A case is defined as having:
- 2 episodes of vomiting, OR
- 2 episodes of diarrhea, OR
- 1 episode of vomiting and 1 episode of diarrhea within 24 hours
Cause/Symptoms:
Transmission:
Incubation:
Period of Communicability:
- Bacteria, virus or parasite
- Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, fever
Transmission:
- Depends on cause
- Usually fecal-oral route or through food and water contaminated with bacteria, virus or parasite
Incubation:
- Depends on cause
Period of Communicability:
- Depends on cause
We can discuss your child's return to daycare once all the following criteria has been met:
- Your child can participate in all the daycare activities
- The daycare diarrhea policy has been followed
- The daycare vomiting policy has been followed
- Your child is eating and drinking
Your child is required to remain home for at least forty-eight (48) hours, if not longer.