Scarlet fever: managing outbreaks in schools and nurseries
Guidelines to help health protection teams control outbreaks of scarlet fever in schools, nurseries and other childcare settings.
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These guidelines were first developed by the national incident management team (IMT) in response to the upsurge in scarlet fever in April 2014 and subsequently updated by a subgroup of the IMT in 2016 and 2017 to reflect the changing epidemiology, evidence and feedback on implementation in practice.
A set of scarlet fever FAQs - intended for health professionals to give to the public - are available at: Scarlet fever: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment.
The previous version of this publication can be found on the UK Government Web Archive:
- Guidance up to February 2018
Last updated 13 October 2022 + show all updates
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Guidance revised to update epidemiology, research studies and provide additional template letters and checklist for HPT staff.
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Link to the "SF symptoms, diagnosis and treatment" document (where relevant FAQs are to be found) added to the "detail" text
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Guidance revised to reflect the changing epidemiology, evidence and feedback on implementation in practice.
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First published.