Impetigo - School Nurse - Mountain Iron-Buhl Public Schools

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Impetigo

Symptoms

Blisters or fluid-filled sacs covered with honey-colored crusts

Characteristics

Time from exposure to illness is one to six days, occasionally longer
Can be acquired from bacteria spread by direct contact with persons or articles, or through the air
Usually caused by Group A Beta Streptococcus

School Action and Communicability Comments

Exclude the student from school until blisters are dry and crusted.
Impetigo is contagious until sores are healed.