<p>Wash the eyes with boiled and cooled water before each application. Use sterile sodium chloride 0.9% for newborns. Apply tetracycline 1% into the conjunctival sac of both eyes:</p>

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	<li><strong>Conjunctivitis</strong>: one application 2 times daily for 7 days</li>
	<li><strong>Trachoma</strong>: one application 2 times daily&nbsp;for 6 weeks</li>
	<li><strong>Prevention of neonatal conjunctivitis</strong>: one single application immediately after birth</li>
</ul>