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Additional ips
Treat all family members who have
lice at the same time. Use the 14-day
treatment process. Rinse combs and
brushes in very hot water after each
use, and between people.
Only ordinary house cleaning,
vacuuming, and washing bedding
and clothes in hot water are needed.
No special effort or sprays are
needed to clean your home. Only
dead or dying lice are found on
clothing, bedding, or furniture.
Use of oils, mayonnaise, lotions,
creams, and vinegar has not proven
effective; kerosene, gasoline and
similar products do not work and are
dangerous.
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hat out school
There is no need for children to be sent home or
to miss school, though treatment should be
started before returning to school the next day.
However, if a student has numerous live,
crawling lice and or sores on the head the
parent/guardian will be notified to pick them up
from school. Your student will be given a
referral to the doctor and or pharmacy for
evaluation/treatment. For your convenience, you
may go to any GRHC pharmacy window and
request lice shampoo if needed.
School officials should ask parents to check
their children’s hair at least weekly.
Getting Rid of
What if treatment
does not work?
Reasons:
1) Wrong diagnosis - dandruff, hair
products, dust, and other objects can
seem like nits (the white eggs) and
other insects can look like lice
2) New lice - child got head lice again
from playmate or family member
3) Timing - the lice may take a few days
to die; nits alone do not mean the child
still has lice, look for crawling lice
4) Poor treatment - directions on the
treatment product were not correctly
followed S Si im mp pl le e 1 14 4- -D Da ay y
5) Resistance to treatment - some lice T Tr re ea at tm me en nt t S Sc ch he ed du ul le e
are not killed by the chemicals in the
over-the-counter treatments
(permethrin and pyrethrin) and
After the 14 day treatment, if crawling I In nf fo or rm ma at ti io on n o on n H He ea ad d L Li ic ce e
lice are still present, contact your
healthcare provider who may recommend
a prescription treatment for lice.
If you would like any more information,
please contact your primary care
provider, public health nurse,
pharmacy or child’s school nurse.
For assistance call the Iowa Healthy
Families line at 1-800-369-222
Information received from:
www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/common/pdf/epi_manual/lice.pdf
www.cdc.gov/lice/head