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Title 12 - HEALTHAgency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHChapter 90 - REGULATIONS FOR DISEASE REPORTING AND CONTROL
Part VII - Prevention of Blindness from Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Section 12VAC5-90-140 - Procedure for preventing ophthalmia neonatorum

12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-90-140

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 12VAC5-90-140 - Procedure for preventing ophthalmia neonatorum

The physician, nurse, or midwife in charge of the infant's care after delivery of a baby shall ensure that a 1-cm ribbon of 0.5% erythromycin ophthalmic ointment is administered in each eye of that newborn baby as soon as possible. This treatment shall be recorded in the medical record of the infant.

12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-90-140

Derived from VR355-28-100 §7.1, eff. July 1, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 13, eff. March 28, 2011; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 06, eff. 12/26/2019.

Statutory Authority: §§ 32.1-12, 32.1-35, and 32.1-42 of the Code of Virginia.