At the hospitals I've worked( in Australia ) Vitamin K is given before leaving delivery suite, no rule as to before or after feeding weighing etc. Eye ointments are only given if a baby has really bad conjunctivitis, which is rarely in hospital.
Louise Dimmock McLeod RN Midwife (are those results really out tomorrow!)
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