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[0] A primigravida has just delivered a healthy infant girl. The nurse is about to administer erythromycin ointment in the infant's eyes when the mother asks, ""What is that medicine for?"" The nurse responds: [1] It is an eye ointment to help your baby see you better. [2] It is to protect your baby from contracting herpes from your vaginal tract. [3] >>""Erythromycin is given prophylactically to prevent a gonorrheal infection."" [4] 
This medicine will protect your baby's eyes from drying out over the next few days.
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