📋 Reference sheet · Notifiable diseases and viral rashes

Viral rashes and flu: notify, exclude, antibiotic?

A viral rash, flu or a cold sore. Notify, exclude from school, treat, or neither.

One page, every threshold with its number and unit. Written and reviewed by practising UK GPs. Last reviewed 29 Jul 2026.

This sheet puts the whole decision on one page: the thresholds that change what you do, each with its number and unit, and the sources each one was checked against.

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Related Ocean Article: Chickenpox · also COVID-19 (Acute and Long COVID), Measles, Parvovirus B19 (Slapped Cheek Syndrome), Exclusion from School (Common Infections Guidance), Oral Herpes (Cold Sores & Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis), Influenza. Part of the GP reference sheets, result interpretation one page per test or finding.