6. A dressing tray shall be set up at all times. The following
articles are recommended in dressing and caring for infants: Sterile
gauze, absorbent cotton, medium and small safety pins, bottle of
alcohol, a bar of pure mild soap, a proper lubricant (albolene or
olive oil), boric acid solution, pure powder, abdominal binder for
infant.
7. Bottles and nipples shall be properly sterilized after each use.
8. A minimum of one dozen diapers per child shall be provided for each
24 hours. Freshly laundered diapers only shall be used.
9. If hot water bags are ordered by physician, they must be covered
with a flannel bag before being placed in the crib, and must not come
in direct contact with the baby's body.
Care of patients.
1. Immediately upon the beginning of labor, a legally qualified
physician shall be notified and shall be present and in attendance at
the time of birth.
2. The eyes of all new born infants shall be treated immediately after
birth with a one per cent solution of nitrate of silver, two drops in
each eye, or with other approved solution and during the first few
days cleansed daily with saturated boric acid solution. Ampoules of
nitrate of silver solution may be obtained free of charge by
charitable institutions upon application to State Board of Health, 713
Wells Fargo Building, San Francisco, or 821 Pacific Finance Building,
Los Angeles.
3. Attention is called to Chapter 724, Statutes 1915, which requires
the reporting of reddened or inflamed eyes of an infant, within two
weeks after birth, to the local health officer of the county or
municipality within which the mother of such infant resides.
4. If the child is kept in the hospital and is not breast fed by the
mother, the feeding and selection of food, shall be under the
direction of a registered physician. If a wet-nurse is provided, she
shall meet the approval of the physician. Whenever advisable the
mother shall be urged to nurse her child.
5. Each maternity hospital shall employ at least one graduate nurse.
6. Any patients afflicted with a venereal or other communicable
disease shall be properly isolated in a separate room and all
necessary precautions taken to prevent the spread of such disease to
other persons.
Disposal of child.
1. Attention is called to section 224 of the Civil Code in accordance
with which a child not retained by the mother must be legally
relinquished before it can be adopted. This relinquishment must be
expressed in writing, signed and acknowledged before an officer
authorized to take acknowledgments, or before the secretary of one of
the organizations mentioned below. Before adoption can take place a
copy of the relinquishment must be filed with the State Board of
Charities and Corrections.
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