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Amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery , entamoeba histolytica) - exclusion from work or school advice

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Exclusions from work, school and other institutional settings

General advice:

All persons with gastroenteritis should be considered as potentially infectious to others and excluded from work, school or other institutional and social settings until a minimum of 48 hours symptoms free/no loose stools.

Specific advice:

 

For further information then see full guideline for detailed advice - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/861382/management_of_gastrointestinal_infections.pdf

Reference:

  • PHE (2019). Recommendations for the Public Health Management of Gastrointestinal Infections

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