Key takeaways: West Virginia could end a mandate that newborns receive prophylactic ointment against potentially blinding eye infections. Experts said the intervention’s benefits outweigh its costs.

Prevent Blindness has released a statement urging the West Virginia State House to reject House Bill 3444, which would remove the mandate that all newborns in the state receive erythromycin ointment ...

Wash your hands: You’ll need to touch your eye to apply the ointment. Wash your hands thoroughly before getting started. You can also use a clean pair of medical gloves. Warm up the tube: Close ...

AbbVie Corporation of Canada is recalling all lots of Refresh Lacri-Lube eye ointment because some tubes may leak, which could lead to contamination with bacteria and other microbes and the risk ...

by Intermountain Health Wed, September 11th 2024 at 1:00 PM Baby Your Baby- Eye Ointment TOPICS: Baby Infections STIs Erythromycin Chlamydia Gonorrhea Newborns Healthcare ...

An antibiotic eye ointment, erythromycin is given routinely to newborns after childbirth, to prevent these eye infections. But pink eye is contagious, and a baby or child can get it from older ...

It turns out that erythromycin eye ointment prevents that infection and is routinely used for every newborn in the US to prevent blindness. It also turns out that erythromycin ophthalmic ointment is ...

Sensitivity to light It can be difficult to confirm eye infections in newborns on your own, but a trip to your baby’s healthcare provider will tell you for sure if your baby has conjunctivitis.

Eye discharge due to a blocked tear duct is fairly common in newborn babies. It affects at least 6% of newborns. In some cases, eye discharge may be due to conjunctivitis.

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