Preaching to the choir

With respect, I would suggest that the review of conjunctivitis recently published in Canadian Family Physician1 is only preaching to the choir. The case description actually nailed the real problem on the head: “the boy needs 24 hours of treatment before he can return to school.” As both a family physician and a parent, I can tell you that no amount of discussion allowed me to avoid treatment with my own children, owing to mindless, non–evidence-based rules of the local school system, enforced by the school nurse! Perhaps this article should be published in both nursing and education journals to educate those who make up these rules.

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