June 2020

A Doula Helps Change Law about Mandatory Erythromycin Ointment

June 8, 2020

Evidence-Based Birth ~ 2012 A Doula Helps Change Law about Mandatory Erythromycin Ointment Recently, I wrote about the evidence for erythromycin ointment in newborns. In my review of the evidence, I found that erythromycin is used to prevent eye infections that are caused by sexually transmitted diseases– chlamydia and gonorrhea. There are several evidence-based alternatives to erythromycin– including prenatal screening for chlamydia […]

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