District Of Columbia § 7-801 - Prophylactic solution to be administered.
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§ 7-801. Prophylactic solution to be administered.
7-801The Mayor may, upon the advice of the Commissioner of Public Health and pursuant to , issue rules to prevent and monitor the occurrence of ophthalmia in newborns. Unless the Mayor provides otherwise, each physician or nurse-midwife who delivers or otherwise assumes the initial care of a newborn shall immediately upon that delivery or assumption of care administer to each eye of the newborn a 1% solution of silver nitrate, an ophthalmic ointment containing either 1% tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin, or another prophylactic approved by the Mayor.
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