COMMUNICABLE ILLNESS

Students (including visiting students) with an illness or medical condition that may be communicable to patients or staff should not be allowed patient contact.

If the student is unsure whether he/she should be in patient contact areas, please refer the student to the affiliate’s Employee Health Services. If necessary, the Employee Health nurse practitioner will evaluate the student for work status.

Persons with the following medical conditions should not be allowed patient contact without a medical clearance:

· Active chicken pox, measles, German measles, herpes zoster (shingles), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, tuberculosis

· Diarrhea lasting over three days or accompanied by fever or bloody stools

· Conjunctivitis

· Group A streptococcal disease (e.g., strep throat) until 24 hours of treatment received. Draining or infected skin lesions

· Oral herpes with draining lesions