Measles quarantine and restriction date calculator for health professionals

Use this tool to work out the infectious period for a person with measles (a case), and
quarantine or restriction dates for measles contacts.

Infectious period calculation

Please enter a valid date

The infectious period of the person with measles is from
to

Contact quarantine and restriction calculator

For household contacts enter the first day of the case's infectious period.
Choose a date within the case's infectious period Please enter a valid date Please enter a date before the second exposure date
For household contacts enter the last day of the case's infectious period.
Choose a date within the case's infectious period Please enter a valid date Please enter a date after the first exposure date
How is the contact classified?

The contact does not need to quarantine or have a restriction period.

Their symptom self-monitoring period is until .

Guidance on contact management. Communicable disease contact manual.

The contact does not need to quarantine but does have a restriction period

Their restriction period is from to .

Their symptom self-monitoring period is until .

Guidance on contact management. Communicable disease contact manual.

The contact needs to quarantine

  • Their quarantine period is from to .
  • They can leave quarantine on following clearance by public health.
  • Their symptom self-monitoring period is until .

If the contact received post-exposure immunoglobulin prophylaxis

  • Their quarantine period is from to  .
  • They can leave quarantine on following clearance by public health.
  • Their symptom self-monitoring period is until .

Guidance on contact management. Communicable disease contact manual.