Exclusion from daycare or school for common childhood illnesses

 

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About the author: Sophie is a General Practitioner who has previously worked with Night Doctor and now based in the South West, WA. She has an interest in women’s and children’s health and has completed additional training in obstetrics and gynaecology, sexual health and skin cancer surgery. Aside from her clinical work she also teaches medical students at the University of Notre Dame, was formerly a co-opted member of the RACGP WA Faculty Board, and is a current delegate for the RACGP Future Leaders Program.

Artist: @ellieloomes

References

1. Government of Western Australia Department of Health, 2015. Communicable disease guidelines: For teachers, childcare workers, local government authorities and medical practitioners.
2. National Health and Medical Research Council, 2013. Staying Healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services.

 

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