Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R386 - Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology
Rule R386-702 - Communicable Disease Rule
Section R386-702-14 - Special Measures for the Control of Ophthalmia Neonatorum

(1) Every physician or midwife practicing obstetrics or midwifery shall, within three hours of the birth of a child, instill or cause to be instilled in each eye of such newborn 0.5% ophthalmic erythromycin ointment to prevent the development of ophthalmia neonatorum.

(2) If this ointment is not available due to a disruption in distribution or manufacturing, a physician or midwife shall apply or cause to be administered an alternative treatment to infants at risk for exposure to N. gonorrhoeae included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, incorporated by reference within this rule.