Meningitis
Cause/Symptoms: Bacteria or virus. Young children may show a cluster of symptoms such as irritability, poor feeding, vomiting, fever, rash and excessive high-pitched crying. Older children and adults may experience severe persistent headache,
Transmission: Varies depending on cause of meningitis.
Incubation: Varies depending on cause of meningitis.
Period of Communicability: Varies depending on cause of meningitis.
Your child can return to daycare once all the following criteria has been meet:
~ your case as been discussed with Ottawa Public Health.
~ you have a letter from Ottawa Public Health stating it is safe for your child to be around other children/adults
~ your child is eating and drinking normally
~ your child can participate in all daycare activities
~ 24 hrs after rash is gone
~ once your child is no-longer doing the excessive high-pitched cry.
~Vomiting
Transmission: Varies depending on cause of meningitis.
Incubation: Varies depending on cause of meningitis.
Period of Communicability: Varies depending on cause of meningitis.
Your child can return to daycare once all the following criteria has been meet:
~ your case as been discussed with Ottawa Public Health.
~ you have a letter from Ottawa Public Health stating it is safe for your child to be around other children/adults
~ your child is eating and drinking normally
~ your child can participate in all daycare activities
~ 24 hrs after rash is gone
~ once your child is no-longer doing the excessive high-pitched cry.
~Vomiting
- 48 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
- 48 hours free of any vomit reducing medication or any other medication that can mask symptoms of illness.
- If no medication is given: 48 hours starting one (1) hour after the last time your child vomited.
- 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