EBB 167 - Evidence on Erythromycin Eye Ointment for Newborns

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On today's podcast, we will be talking about the evidence on using erythromycin eye ointment for newborns. As this is a controversial topic, I am excited to talk about the intriguing research evidence and the history of eye ointment regarding how it started and why it was used in the past, as well as why it is still being used today.

We have covered this topic before here in our Signature Articles.

We will also discuss whether or not it is effective for its designed purpose, along with antibiotic resistance, the benefits and risks of using eye ointment on newborns, and alternatives to use in place of eye ointment.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk about the evidence on using
0:04.4	Arithro Mycen Ioytment for newborns.
0:07.0	Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence
0:17.8	Base Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals around the world.
0:27.0	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:30.0	See EB-Bbirth.. Disclaimer for more details.
0:35.0	Hi everyone today, I'm so excited to talk with you about the evidence on a very controversial topic and that is
0:42.1	Arithro Mycin Iiement for newborns.
0:44.9	This is a topic that intrigued me years ago
0:47.6	when I started evidence-based birth about 10 years ago.
0:51.3	I was really curious why all babies in hospitals had this ointment put in their eyes.
0:57.0	So when I started evidence-based birth, we decided to look at the research evidence on this topic.
1:02.0	This was one of the first articles
1:03.7	we wrote at Evidence Based Birth in 2012 and we have since updated the article
1:09.2	on IOM it several times most recently in late 2019 early 2020 and today I want to share with you all
1:16.5	this research evidence in the history on I ointment so we're going to go back in history to
1:21.1	where this started we'll talk about why it's used back then and why it's still
1:25.3	used today. We'll talk about whether or not it's effective for its designed purpose. We'll talk a little bit
1:31.1	about antibiotic resistance, the benefits and risks of
1:34.4	iowintment and alternatives that you could use if you decided not to use iowintment.
1:39.1	We'll also end with some action steps for parents and providers. So let's get started with the
1:45.2	history. As always I love going back and looking at the history of things before
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