A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . over a surfacealready freed from pus is not so much ordered as prescribed douches may be of boric acid, or bichloridemercury solution i : 10,000, saline or permanganate of potas-sium solution; the temperature should be tested by a ther-mometer and must not exceed 750 F. Care must be taken notto direct the stream from an irrigator directly against thechilds eye. The childs head must be lowered and the solutiondrain into a kidney basin. If such a solution is used a smallKelly pad or an improvised one of stork sheeting or rubber maybe employed, care
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . over a surfacealready freed from pus is not so much ordered as prescribed douches may be of boric acid, or bichloridemercury solution i : 10,000, saline or permanganate of potas-sium solution; the temperature should be tested by a ther-mometer and must not exceed 750 F. Care must be taken notto direct the stream from an irrigator directly against thechilds eye. The childs head must be lowered and the solutiondrain into a kidney basin. If such a solution is used a smallKelly pad or an improvised one of stork sheeting or rubber maybe employed, care being taken not to infect the ear with thesolution; but the infant must never be picked up or placed uponthe lap of the nurse. The doctor in charge issues orders as to drops, method ofirrigation, solution, schedule of ice applications, etc. He mayvary this treatment with hot applications. These can be ap-plied in the same manner, an electric or alcohol stove supply-ing heat for the 338 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. 339 These cases always require two nurses. The feeding, bath-ing, proper disinfection of discharges and linen, preparation ofdressings, treatments, etc., demand the utmost care in technic,and the care of the mother becomes a grave matter to preventfurther infection. They require strict isolation, if an epidemic is to be averted,in a home, institution, or hospital, and the responsibility for
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