Head Lice – Treatment info from the Center for Disease Control

Please note that the CDC does not consider lice to be a threat and therefore their tips for treatment and prevention are not considered by professional lice eradicators to be effective.

The following links found at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov) has been sent by Nurse Ruth Rule /rrule@ps372.org.

• Head Lice – DOE Policy
http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/Health/Pediculosis/default.htm

• CDC – Lice – Head Lice – Treatment
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/treatment.html

• CDC – Lice – Head Lice – General Information – Treatment
FAQs http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/gen_info/faqs_treat.html