Impetigo
Your child is required to remain home.
Cause/Symptoms:
Transmission:
Incubation:
Period of Communicability:
- 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.