I don't allow them into daycare with pink eye, or pretty much any eye 'gunk'. Highly contagious and little ones are constantly rubbing their eyes, touching toys and then the next one walks by and boom they have it too.

For my families who are anti doctor (meaning they usually have some sort of excuse why they cant take their child to a dr) I even suggest the over the counter polysporin pink eye drops. Doesn't take the place of a dr's diagnosis but at least they are doing something for their little one.

They must be on it for a minimum of 24 hours and have had no gunk from the eye for 24 hours before returning to daycare.