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
  

We can discuss your child's return to daycare once all the following criteria has been met.

• 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.