Any one else already had it with this season's exclusion from school notes for run of the mill (viral) conjunctivitis?
Four this week ranging from demands for prescriptions before allowing students to return to school (I know antibiotics will fix it), "Date no longer infectious", etc... Last year I was given a Pertussis Quarantine form from the 1950's with "Pertussis" crossed out and "Pink eye" pencilled in.
It would be nice if there was a uniform policy, but the school health departments don't even follow their own district policies.
Sure would be simpler to practice bad medicine and prescribe antibiotics for ANY conjunctivitis rather than treat the patient appropriately.
