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Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in a Group-Care Setting

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Chart with Notes Communicable Disease Chart with Notes for Schools and Child-Care Centers ( PDF File, 122KB) Conditions; Incubation Periods; Signs and Symptoms; Exclusions; Readmission Criterias; Reportable Diseases; and Prevention, Treatment and Comments, with Notes (Described Below) Chart Communicable Disease Chart for Schools and Child-Care Centers ( PDF File, 52KB) Conditions; Incubation Periods; Signs and Symptoms; Exclusions; Readmission Criterias; Reportable Diseases; and Prevention, Treatment and Comments Notes Communicable Disease Notes for Schools and Child-Care Centers ( PDF File, 33KB) Exclusion and Readmission; When to Keep Your Child Home From School; Nuisance Diseases; Vaccine Preventable Diseases; Diarrheal Disease; To Minimize the Spread of Communicable Disease; When a Communicable Disease is Diagnosed and Suspected; Sanitizing Procedure; Diapering; Antibiotic Use; and Wound Care     PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you have a copy of Acrobat Reader, click on the link and the document will load. If you need to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader, it is available for download at the following: Additional File Viewing Information.

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2007

Texas Department of State Health Services - Infectious Disease Control Unit
1100 West 49th Street, Suite T801, Mail Code: 1960 PO BOX 149347 - Austin, TX 78714-9347
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