Another message from BK's Nurse Holly!
The Iowa HHS have modified the COVID-19 isolation recommendations on the Childhood Illnesses and Exclusion Criteria for Education and Child care Settings document.
The decision was made to move to a symptom-based approach to isolation that is consistent with other viral respiratory infection recommendations. This change provides a unified exclusion criterion based on individuals with respiratory symptoms, irrespective of the underlying virus.
The recommendation for those with respiratory symptoms is to be excluded until fever-free for 24 hours without the use of a fever reducing medication AND respiratory symptoms are mild and improving.
The Child Illnesses And Exclusion Criteria for Education and Child Care Settings document has been modified to incorporate the new exclusion recommendations.
It is on the Iowa HHS website and is linked from the Student Health Conditions page.