sunnyday Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Hi all Nice subject for a Saturday afternoon - sorry! My little corner of Kent is in the grip of a nasty tummy bug........ I have always excluded for 48 hours from last bout of sickness or diarrhoea - primary school have just sent letters home to parents stating 24 hours exclusion Have I gone mad (please feel free to say yes) Where did I get 48 hours from? I think from HPA......... How long is your exclusion? Quote
Panders Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Well sunnyday - l'd like to think it is 48 hours - that is what our policy states, however, from conversations with children, it would appear that some parents still think otherwise Not sure when 48 hrs came from either but must have come down from high somewhere Quote
Guest Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 No you're not going mad. Exclusion for sickness and diahorrea is 48 hours. I had a parent complain to EHO about our explusion period and the EHO told her it was correct and actually rang me to congraulate us for adhering to it, as although some settings say 48 hours, apparently very few stick to it!! Quote
sunnyday Posted March 13, 2010 Author Posted March 13, 2010 Thanks so much for your quick replies........so glad that I am not losing it! Quote
louby loo Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 We have 48 hours- that's what it says on the HPA print off - which I make a point showing parents, however like you our local school says 24 hours, which parents are quick to tell us. Quote
Upsy Daisy Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 I would just counter it by saying you have to go with the advice you're given. Also your children are younger and therefore more vulnerable and less skilled in personal hygiene. Funny how people are often happy to send their own child back early but the same people can be quite vocal when they think another child has infected theirs. I've got a similar issue with conjunctivitis at the moment. Quote
korkycat Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Our schools changed to 48 hours last year. We have this bug too. Not affecting us so much but school has them dropping like flies! korkycat Quote
Tink69 Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Hi when we had an outbreak at my setting we were actually told to extend it to 72 hours by local health officials!!! Tink69 Quote
Guest Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 We were advised by the local HPU that schools could use 24 hours as their children were older and had better hygiene habits. Not sure which children they based this on mind! They also said that older children tended to not carry the bug for quite as long as younger ones. This is the explanation I always give my parents when they question our 48 hour rule. Incidentally we also apply the 48 hour rule with staff, although that is a whole other can of worms. Quote
sunnyday Posted March 13, 2010 Author Posted March 13, 2010 Thanks all - I know that parents are going to start quoting the schools 24 hours to me! :wacko: Well I shall just quote HPA right back at them! Holly sorry to hear that your staff have worms :( Quote
Guest Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 We have 48hrs too - following HPA advice. One of my pet hates is the lovely way parents try to describe why their child's sickness is different from everyone elses eg "....well yes he/she has been sick but it's not proper sick like a bug......." So many parent experts in this area? Anyone else have this problem? Quote
Guest Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Oh yes. We often have children who have a mysterious sickness bug caused by coughing too hard. Except they are sick on my feet without coughing too! And others are only "ever sick once and then s/he will be fine really". Quote
Guest Posted March 14, 2010 Posted March 14, 2010 and how many children tell you they've had "pink medicine ths morning" or "I was sick last night" Parents; you gotta love 'em!!!! Quote
blondie Posted March 14, 2010 Posted March 14, 2010 or i was sick this morning before i came to pre-school - the parent hasnt mentioned a thing - and you wonder whether it was actually this morning ???????????????? Quote
Upsy Daisy Posted March 14, 2010 Posted March 14, 2010 Funny how people are often happy to send their own child back early but the same people can be quite vocal when they think another child has infected theirs. I've got a similar issue with conjunctivitis at the moment. Great - I appear to have caught it now! Quote
sunnyday Posted March 14, 2010 Author Posted March 14, 2010 Great - I appear to have caught it now! Oh no Quote
Upsy Daisy Posted March 14, 2010 Posted March 14, 2010 Oh no Oh Yes! It's ok I always keep a new bottle of antibiotic eye-drops in the fridge for my daughter on GP's advice. It came in very handy today - i caught it early and you can hardly tell now. I wonder if I should mention it to a certain parent later this week Quote
HappyMaz Posted March 15, 2010 Posted March 15, 2010 I wonder if I should mention it to a certain parent later this week I wouldn't wait until then - I'd helpfully let them know that you might not be able to look after their child later in the week because you appear to have got conjunctivitis... Maz Quote
Upsy Daisy Posted March 15, 2010 Posted March 15, 2010 I wouldn't wait until then - I'd helpfully let them know that you might not be able to look after their child later in the week because you appear to have got conjunctivitis... Maz Sooooo tempting! Quote
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