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1. School essentials for infection prevention and control

All the IPC advice that schools need, covering Health Protection, what to do in an outbreak and checklists to follow.

Essential links and web pages

Public health exclusion periods in children and young people’s settings – GOV.UK

Infection prevention tools and resources for children and young people’s settings – GOV.UK

Preventing and controlling infections in children and young people’s settings – GOV.UK

Chickenpox – NHS

Scarlet fever – NHS

Auditing/Checklists – Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Scarlet fever: managing outbreaks in schools and nurseries – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Resources to download

Hand Hygiene children’s poster

Clean Your Hands Activity Sheet

Diarrhoea and vomiting outbreak action checklit