Impetigo

Your child is required to remain home.

Cause/Symptoms:

• Bacteria.
• Infection of the skin caused by Streptococcus or Staphylococcus bacteria; can follow a scrape or insect bite.
• It usually appears on the face or exposed skin as a rash with a cluster of red bumps or blisters, which may ooze or form a honey-coloured crust.

Transmission:

• Person to person by direct and indirect contact with fluid from blisters.
• It is very contagious and should be treated at once.

Incubation:

• Variable.
• Commonly 1 to 10 days.

Period of Communicability:

• From onset of rash until 24 hours of treatment with oral or topical antibiotics.

In order for your child to return to daycare, you must meet all of the following:

• At Least 48 hours after the initiation of antibiotic treatment
• All open sores have scabbed over (including the ones hidden under clothing and diapers)
• There is no puss or fluids
• Your child is eating and drinking normally
• Your child can participate in all daycare activities
• At least 72 hours have passed since the onset of symptoms/diagnosis
  

Your child is required to remain home for at least seventy-two (72) hours, if not longer.