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The Bug Buster kit was better than single dose pediculicides for head lice

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    Hill N, Moor G, Cameron MM, et al. Single blind, randomised, comparative study of the Bug Buster kit and over the counter pediculicide treatments against head lice in the United Kingdom. BMJ 2005;331:384–7.
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 Q In children with head lice, is the Bug Buster kit more effective than over the counter pediculicides?

    Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ Paediatrics ★★★★★☆☆ Public health ★★★★★★☆

    METHODS

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    randomised controlled trial.

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    unconcealed.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (outcome assessors).*

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    15 days for the Bug Buster kit and 5 days for pediculicides.

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    general practices in 4 counties in England and 1 county in Scotland, UK.

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    133 children 2–15 years of age (1 child from each family) who had a live head louse, had received no treatment for head lice in the previous 3 weeks, and their parents or guardians agreed not to use other head lice treatments during the trial and agreed that the immediate family would be examined and treated if necessary with …

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    • ↵* See glossary.

    • For correspondence: Dr N Hill, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. nigel.hill{at}lshtm.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: Big Lottery Fund (formerly the National Lottery Charities Board).

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