The umbilical cord is the baby?s lifeline to the pregnant person during pregnancy. But it?s no longer needed once the baby is born. Within a few minutes after birth, the cord is clamped and cut close to the navel. The clamp helps stop bleeding from the blood vessels in the umbilical cord. A medicine is sometimes applied to the cord as part of a baby?s first care. This may be a purple dye or another type of antiseptic. But it?s now advised to keep the cord dry (dry cord care).
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Uniformity of Dosage Units
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Uniformity of Dosage Units is a specialised analytical laboratory service that assesses whether individual dosage units contain sufficiently consis...
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