In an effort to help protect well children from unnecessary exposure to contagious or infectious diseases, South Carolina requires that children and staff with certain diseases and conditions stay home from school or out-of-home childcare while contagious.
DHEC publishes the School and Childcare Exclusion List each year. The Exclusion List explains how long an ill child, student, school employee, or childcare employee should stay out of school or childcare, and what is needed before the child/student or employee is permitted to return. We hope that your child never has to miss school or stay out of childcare because of illness. The best protection from disease is prevention. You can help prevent many illnesses by making sure your child receives immunizations on time, and by teaching your child to wash his or her hands often. If you have any questions about the School or Childcare Exclusion Lists or about ways to help children stay healthy, please call your child's childcare provider, school or your local health department. If you think that your child has an illness that can be spread to others, please keep him or her home from school or childcare and call your healthcare provider. Questions to Consider When Your Child is Sick:
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MOST COMMON ILLNESSES/CONCERNS
Diarrhea: Students in K5-For most kinds of diarrhea (defined as 3 or more loose stools in 24 hours), your child should stay home until diarrhea stops for at least 24 hours, or until a doctor clears the child to return to school or childcare. Students in 1st through 5th grades should stay home until diarrhea (defined as 3 or more loose stools in 24 hours)stops for 24 hours, or until a doctor clears the child to return to school. Your child can return with a parent note. Fever by itself: Keep your child home if she has a fever 101°F higher (if taken by mouth, or 100°F or higher if taken under the arm. Children who have a fever should stay at home until the fever has been gone for 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medicines. For additional information about exclusion when a child has a fever, see the DHEC Child Care and School Exclusion Lists of Contagious or Communicable Diseases at http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/exclusion.htm Head Lice If your child has crawling lice or with nits (eggs) ¼ inch or closer to the scalp , and if head-to-head contact with other children can be avoided, he may be sent home at the end of the school day. Otherwise, he may be sent home immediately. After his first treatment with a school-approved lice removal product, if there are no active lice crawling on your child's head, your child may return to school. The school should check your child's scalp 7 days after treatment for any newly hatched crawling lice. If any are present, your child will have to be retreated for lice before coming back to school. PLEASE NOTE: RHSD requires proof of treatment when students are returning to school. All students must be checked by the school nurse or appointee prior to returning to class. Students cannot return to school with active lice crawling on your child's head. These absences are considered unexcused absences. RHSD does not require "class head checks" for lice surveillance.Parents will not be notified of lice cases in thier child's classroom unless it has been deemed an outbreak as defined by the SC DHEC. "Strep Throat" / Streptococcal Pharyngitis If your child has Strep throat, he can return to school 24 hours after starting antibiotics, if there is no fever. |
Please feel free to contact me or Sadie Kirell (RHSD Lead Nurse) if you have any questions regarding anything on this page.
Alfreda Franklin RN BSN Sadie Kirell RN BSN
Phone: 803-985-3583 Phone: 803-981-1096
Fax: 803-981-1856 Fax: 803-981-1094
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Alfreda Franklin RN BSN Sadie Kirell RN BSN
Phone: 803-985-3583 Phone: 803-981-1096
Fax: 803-981-1856 Fax: 803-981-1094
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]