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ISDH Home > Publications > School Communicable Disease Guide Communicable Disease Reference Guide for School Personnel: 2009

Introduction

Introductory Letter
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Overview of the School Guide

Communicable Disease Guide for Schools

Diseases and Conditions
      
    A.      Blood-borne Pathogens 
             o   Hepatitis B 
             o   Hepatitis C 
          
  o   HIV/AIDS

   B.      Conditions of the Skin  
             o   Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
           
 o   Fifth Disease(Erythema Infectiosum) 
           
  o   Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease(Vesicular Stomatitis with Exanthem)
             o   Impetigo

             o   Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
             o   Pediculosis (Lice)
             o   Ringworm (Tinea)
           
 o   Scabies 
           
  o   Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
             o   Streptococcal Sore Throat and Scarlet Fever
             o   Tickborne Infections

    C.     Gastrointestinal Illness
             o   Campylobacteriosis
             o   Cryptosporidiosis
             o   E. coli Infection and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrom (HUS)
             o  Giardiasis
             o   Hepatitis A
             
o   Norovirus (viral gastroenteritis)

             o   Salmonellosis
             o   Shigellosis

    D.    Other Conditions
            o  Aseptic (Viral) Meningitis 
           
o  Mononucleosis (Epstein-Barr Virus)
            o  Tuberculosis

     E.    Vaccine Preventable Diseases
          
  o  Diphtheria

            o  Influenza

            o  Measles
        
   o  Meningococcal Disease (Meningitis/Meningococcemia)
          
 o  Mumps 
            o 
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

            o  Pneumococcal Disease

            o  Rubella (German Measles)

            o Varicella (Chicken Pox)

Communicable Disease Summary Table
Rash Illness Information

Appendices

Legal Resources
Hand Washing

Immunization

Blood-borne pathogens

Pdf file of Communicable Disease Guide for Schools - 2009