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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about blepharitis and death from blepharitis.
Meaning of blepharitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, blepharitis:
(a)          means inflammation of the eyelid margins or glands of the eyelid; and
(b)          includes acute blepharitis, chronic blepharitis, chalazion (Meibomian cyst) and hordeolum (stye); and
(c)          excludes orbital or periorbital cellulitis, dacryoadenitis and dacryocystitis.
                Note 1: Blepharitis typically presents with itchiness, redness, flaking and crusting of the eyelids.
Note 2: Chalazion typically presents as a painless, localised eyelid swelling or cyst.
                Note 3: Hordeolum typically presents as an abscess or cyst of the eyelid, with localised, painful, red swelling of the eyelid.
Death from blepharitis
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, blepharitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's blepharitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.