Are you supposed to stay out of work if you have pink eye?

[DS1]

I don't remember..

[Rising Phoenix]

1. yes

very contagious

[AlCzervik]

2. yes, your co workers will appreciate it.

[Fenris]

3. Definitely.

On an unrelated note, the term "pink eye" sounds filthy.

[PghTiny]

4. Yep.

More info at http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/data/Pink_Eye.asp. I had it when I was young and boy, was it a hassle. I had to take some antibiotic eyedrops for a week to get rid of it.

[LostinVA]

5. YES

[pitohui]

6. yes it's highly contagious

people who go to work with pink eye should be tasered

[Common Sense Party]

11. Amen to that.

Or worse yet, be forced to listen to Taser Boy's soliloquy, and subsequent screaming.

[Generic Brad]

7. It would be a good idea if you work at the eye rubbing/hand shaking institute

[Ptah]

8. Just do like I do

close your eyes.

[liberalhistorian]

9. YES, and please do! It's extremely contagious and

very painful and uncomfortable to deal with. My son had it several times when he was little, and I was unfortunately enough to catch it once from him when I was tired from caring for him and didn't wash everything, including my hands, as carefully as I should have and as I normally did. There are very few people I would ever want to wish it on, trust me.

[lligrd]

10. Yes, But Try And Convnce Your Boss Of That nt

[DarkTirade]

12. One of my coworkers at my last job came into work with an eyepatch because he didn't want to spread

it. Worked too, none of us got it.

Of course, we spent all day trying to get him to say "Arrrr!" :)

[bridgit]

13. No! get your ass back to work slacker!! infect the world while you're at it!!!!

:rant:

[GCP]

14. Get thee to a doctor

And get some antibiotic drops. An urgent care walk-in type of place would do, if there's one around you somewhere.

[SOteric]

24. I said a similar thing to him last night.

:hi:

[fishnfla]

25. Call a witch doctor and swing a dead chicken over your head

do just as helpful as antibiotics.
pink eye is caused by a virus, thats why its catchy
antibiotics wont help

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. yes, contagious

[MissMillie]

16. I think you can go to work... so long as

you keep your hands to yourself (or wash/sanitize them every 30 minutes or so)

[mtnester]

26. Won't work...I watched 35 paramedics who wash hands constantly

get it within 72 hours - pink eye is NASTY contagious, no matter how careful.

[In_The_Wind]

17. Yes, it's contagious!

[Shell Beau]

18. Pretty sure! It kinda jumps from your eye to theirs!

:crazy:

[InkAddict]

19. Doesn't matter...

You are just as disposable whether or not you end up spreading your germs to others, who would probably decide to stay home, inevitably increasing your workload and stress and theirs, or letting your employer's business go unattended a few days, comiserating with your illness and using up your employer-provided allowable PTO/sick days legitimately, though you're not THAT sick, to the detriment of his profits as others need mental health days to make up for the increased workload and stress you put them through when you stayed home. It is a corundum.

[SoxFan]

20. Make sure it's pink eye

Not something more, um, interesting:

[Connonym]

21. my kids' school recommends staying home until you've been on drops at least 24 hours

nobody follows that except me evidently and my kids get freaking pinkeye four or five times a year. It is highly infectious but it's not always bacterial so I'm not sure that the antibiotic eye drops rule really means anything.

[ThomCat]

22. Yes, but my boss insisted that I come in to work.

He said "we're adults here. We don't touch each other. You know how to wash your hands. Just be careful."

[Javaman]

23. but before you leave, make sure you wipe any and all eye goo

on anything that isn't nailed down...well including the nailed down things. Your coworkers will love you for it.

:rofl:

[NC_Nurse]

27. yes. highly contagious.