Vitamin k
This medication is given shortly after birth to prevent bleeding problems in newborns.
What is Vitamin K?
This medication is placed in a newborn’s eyes after birth to prevent infection.
What is erythromycin ointment?
This vaccine protects newborns from a virus that attacks the liver.
What is the Hepatitis B vaccine?
This route is used to give Vitamin K to newborns.
What is intramuscular (IM)?
Erythromycin is placed in this part of the eye.
What is the conjunctival sac?
The Hepatitis B vaccine is given within this timeframe after birth.
What is within 24 hours of birth?
Vitamin K helps the liver produce clotting factors needed to prevent this condition in newborns.
What is Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn (Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding)?
This sexually transmitted infection from the mother can cause severe eye damage and blindness in newborns if untreated.
What is gonorrhea?
This route is used to give the Hepatitis B vaccine to newborns.
What is intramuscular (IM)?
Newborns need Vitamin K because their intestines lack the bacteria needed to produce this vitamin.
What is gut flora / intestinal bacteria?
This is the purpose of erythromycin ointment in newborns.
What is preventing ophthalmia neonatorum?
If the mother is Hepatitis B positive, newborns receive the vaccine plus this immune product.
What is HBIG (Hepatitis B Immune Globulin)?
This muscle is the recommended injection site for Vitamin K in newborns.
What is the vastus lateralis?
These two bacteria are the most common causes of neonatal eye infections that erythromycin helps prevent.
What are Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis?
This muscle is the preferred injection site for the Hepatitis B vaccine in newborns.
This muscle is the preferred injection site for the Hepatitis B vaccine in newborns.