Childhood Communicable Diseases Group-Table Exercise
Common Name Proper Name
or AKA
Notable Characteristics Important Teaching Complications Precautions Viral/
Bacterial
Chicken Pox (Varicella
Zoster)
Rash 1) body, face, & scalp
2) limbs
Fever
Wash cloth- Cool cloth/soaks
Oatmeal/baking soda bath
Antipyretic
Anti-itch cream
?Antihistamine
BTS order: Cannot
return to school until
all lesions are crusted
over and dry usually
5-7 days.
Respirator
Gown
Gloves
Roseola (Human
Herpes Virus
#6 or Sixth
Disease)
-Three-Day-
Fever-
High Fever
THEN rosy pink Rash
1) neck & chest
2) rest of body
Antipyretic
Water bottle –push fluids
BTS- after being free
of fever for 24 hours.
Pad-bed
rails/Febrile
seizures
Gown
Gloves
Rubella (German
Measles)
Rash
1) face
2) spreads downwards
Lethargy
Low-grade fever
Muscle & Joint Pain
BTS- 7 days after
appearance of rash.
Pregnancy
test-
Congenital
Rubella
Syndrome
(CRS).
Gown
Gloves
Measles (Rubeola) Koplik spots
Cough
Runny Nose
Conjunctivitis (eye) Eye drops
(Isn’t itchy)
BTS- Exclude child
from school, child
care, & non-family
contacts until 4 days
after rash appears.
Contact local health
Dept.
Gown
Gloves
Respirator
