Sample Letter For Parents With Child With Head Lice Page 3

Freezing:

• Lice and their eggs on objects (e.g. toys) may be killed by freezing

temperatures. Objects that cannot be put in a clothes dryer may be placed

in a freezer (or outdoors if sufficiently cold) for several days. This

treatment is rarely required.

Haircuts: Short hair is more readily searched for lice and eggs, but does not

prevent your child from getting head lice.

Cleaning house or car:

• Lice off the head usually die within a day and the eggs generally cannot

live much longer. Vacuuming the house is recommended, however, a

major cleaning effort will do little to eliminate head lice.

• Using insecticide treatments for home, in vehicles, or on carpets and

furniture are not needed and unnecessarily expose family members to

insecticides.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

School Nurse

Phone #

Source: Harvard School of Public Health, Richard Pollack PhD.

Developed November 2002

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