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Conjunctivitis - infective - Management
What advice should I give about excluding children with infective conjunctivitis from school and childcare centres?
- It is not necessary to exclude a child from school or childcare if they have infective conjunctivitis, unless there is an outbreak of infective conjunctivitis. In the event of an outbreak of infective conjunctivitis, advice should be sought from the Health Protection Agency by the school or childcare centre.
- Provide written information from the Health Protection Agency to support this advice.
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