[SushiLover]

DS has had irritated looking eyes for the last week and a half which I have been treating with eyedrops and oral antihistamines.

His eyes have started to look much better in the last few days.

Anyway I went to put drops in his eyes tonight when DS said oh no, you don't need to do that tonight my teacher did it today. I asked DS to repeat what he had just said and he told me the exact same thing. Now as I don't know what sort of drop they are I can't put the eyedrops in tonight in case they interact.

I questioned DS further and he told me another little boy had eyedrops put in his eyes today too.

I ended up messaging the other mother (who also knew nothing about it) and she asked her son who stated that the teacher puts eyedrops in there eyes when they are dry.

I just feel the teacher has no right to do this without permission from the parents. If its just a sterile water flush I can accept that - but the thing is she still needs permission.

WDYT, am I over reacting or do I have a right to approach the teacher in the morning and see what her side of the story is.

[soontobegran]

I would imagine they are sterile saline drops and not actual prescription or over the counter antibiotic drops.
I doubt that a teacher would use anything else in a child's eye unless they are instructed to but I do know teachers who use a saline flush when eyes have been irritated.
I'd double check tomorrow,

[i-candi]

Oh gosh soooooo not right. What state?

Not allowed in NSW !!!!!!!

[FrogIsAFrogIsAFr...]

Sounds like an odd thing to do! Overreacting would be sending off a letter to the Minister, demanding this teacher be sacked immediately! It's definitely worth clarifying with the teacher, especially as it has prevented you from using (what I presume may be) a medicated eye drop.

AFAIK, schools are loathe to administer anything other than a cold compress or band-aid without signed permission... Eye drops are certainly things which would fall under the 'permission' category.

[sarahec]

That's so unhygienic. I'm a nurse and pts have their own eye drops to prevent cross contamination. I would be mega sh*tty!

[Cath42]

DS has had irritated looking eyes for the last week and a half which I have been treating with eyedrops and oral antihistamines.

His eyes have started to look much better in the last few days.

Anyway I went to put drops in his eyes tonight when DS said oh no, you don't need to do that tonight my teacher did it today. I asked DS to repeat what he had just said and he told me the exact same thing. Now as I don't know what sort of drop they are I can't put the eyedrops in tonight in case they interact.

I questioned DS further and he told me another little boy had eyedrops put in his eyes today too.

I ended up messaging the other mother (who also knew nothing about it) and she asked her son who stated that the teacher puts eyedrops in there eyes when they are dry.

I just feel the teacher has no right to do this without permission from the parents. If its just a sterile water flush I can accept that - but the thing is she still needs permission.

WDYT, am I over reacting or do I have a right to approach the teacher in the morning and see what her side of the story is.

This seems odd to me. I have 4 kids - two in primary school, one at preschool and one at family day care. I have NEVER known a teacher or a carer to give a child any kind of medication unless an authority has been signed which specifies what the medication is, how much is to be given and when. I have NO idea why a teacher would be giving kids eye drops without a directive from parents or guardians. It sounds as though these are drops for dry or sore eyes, such as Murine which you can get without a prescription, but even so a teacher should not be putting these drops into kids' eyes without parental authority. I think you have every right to ask what's going on here.

[SushiLover]

Oh gosh soooooo not right. What state?

Not allowed in NSW !!!!!!!

QLD

That's so unhygienic. I'm a nurse and pts have their own eye drops to prevent cross contamination. I would be mega sh*tty!

Yes I am a nurse to and the cross contamination came straight to mind for me.

[soontobegran]

I think that we need to establish whether they were eye drops or not.

Saline single use eye wash is often used as first aid if the eye looks irritated.

[SushiLover]

I have spoken to a third mother who's daughter has clarified that she has had eyedrops too. Will definitely be find out what they are tomorrow and why????

[Sambambino]

I worked in a school in VIC and parents signed a permission form for their children to be given first aid. We had individual 'one use' vials of sterile saline that we would use if necessary, usually if the eye needed flushing for grit/dirt. If we did use the drops we would inform the parent - if we couldn't reach them by phone then by a note in the diary.