Section 325.1054. Postdelivery procedures.

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The following techniques shall be observed in the immediate care of newborn infants:

(a)   The eyes of the newborn infant shall be treated within an hour after birth with a newborn eye prophylaxis as specified in   R 325.60. The prophylaxis is to be kept in the original and dated container. Outdated approved eye medication shall not be used.

(b)    Every infant shall be identified by 1 or more of the reliable methods in common use before the infant is removed from the delivery room. This information shall be sufficient to identify the infant with 1 mother only. If written tags are used, identification shall be in waterproof ink.

(c)    Provision shall be made for keeping the infant warm and protected from exposure to infection during transit from the delivery room to the nursery and at any other time the baby is removed from the nursery.

History: 1954 AC; 1979 AC; 1979 ACS 8, Eff. Oct. 31, 1981.

                    
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