What treatment is recommended by the CDC as a onetime treatment for newborn babies?

a. Chicken pox vaccine
b. Instillation of 0.5% erythromycin into the eyes.
c. B-12 shot
d. Circumcision


ANS: B
The CDC recommends that babies receive a onetime dose of 0.5% ophthalmic ointment instilled into their eyes within 1 hour, to protect against contamination by vaginal secretions of an infected mother.

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