I&#39;ve never seen an ear infection clear up in only one day.<br>
But the GP should not be asked to supply a Med 3 for absences of less than 7 days.<br>
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I&#39;d look at the state of his ear protection, and possibly get another, different type<br>
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Alan<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 31/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Carol Marshall</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0801%26L%3DOCC-HEALTH%26E%3D7bit%26P%3D13380483%26B%3D------%253D_Part_2230_1080292.1201779708086%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">






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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Hi ,List, 
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
I have a gentleman who works in an area that requires mandatory&nbsp;hearing 
protection. He has worked there for 2 years no problem. He as recently had 
several instances [4 since new year] odd days&nbsp;where he has been sent home 
because he says he cannot wear ear defenders as they are causing him to have ear 
infections {he has&nbsp; always worn muff type, no previous problems] So far [I 
have only just been notified of this] he has produced no evidence of this e.g. F 
med 3.&nbsp; While I am aware that ear infections can cause distress, this 
chap&nbsp; is the type who would use this as &nbsp;excuse to have a day of 
whenever it suits. I am obviously going to look into it&nbsp;by checking the 
infection is genuine but I would welcome opinions.&nbsp;&nbsp;If they are 
genuine&nbsp;then is it caused by defenders, is there an alternative, or is he 
then verging being unfit for the job.Personally I think he may be&nbsp;chancing 
it but will give him the benefit of the doubt first! </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
thanks Carol</span></font></div></div>
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