whats that vaseline-like stuff on newborn baby's eyes?


Question:
whenever i c a newborn baby on TV, the hospital staff put some kind of vaseline-looking thing on their eyelids. what is it and what is it for?

Answers:
It's an antibiotic to prevent eye infections. The application of eye antibiotics to newborns, either in solution or ointment form, is now considered the standard of care in most developed countries and is actually mandated by law in many states.


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