Common Communicable Diseases
Common Communicable Diseases
If your child is diagnosed by a health care provider with one of the diseases below, please follow the Pennsylvania Department of Health's guidelines for the length of exclusion.
Below, we provide you with the most common types of communicable diseases among school children. For more information on prevention and school exclusionary practice, simply click on the condition.
Prevention: Proper hygiene and hand-washing. Avoid sharing personal objects and launder all clothing.
School Exclusion: Until appropriate treatment has been completed
Prevention: Avoid sharing personal objects
School Exclusion: Until lesions are covered and treated
Prevention: Proper hygiene
School Exclusion: Until the child is treated for 24 hours with appropriate treatment
Prevention: Proper hygiene and hand-washing
School Exclusion: Bacterial only — Until the child is treated for 24 hours with appropriate treatment
Prevention: Proper hygiene and hand-washing
School Exclusion: Until the child is treated for 24 hours with appropriate treatment
