Sentence examples for Prophylactic measure from inspiring English sources

Typically a newborn with an infected mother would be given one or two drugs as a prophylactic measure.

This practice is a wise prophylactic measure, but it is one the law most certainly does not require.

Yet, the issue of intervening against the wishes of parents in a somewhat prophylactic measure is overall underexamined.

"It could be a prophylactic measure to get the full effect of mediation," she said.

Pancreatic stents were placed as a prophylactic measure at the discretion of the endoscopist (n = 10).

The Glass-Steagall Act was a prophylactic measure directed against conditions that the experience of the 1920's showed to be great potentials for abuse.

In contrast, section 5 is a prophylactic measure, which requires covered jurisdictions to receive preclearance from federal authorities before any proposed electoral change or voting procedure takes effect.

An estimated 68,000 clinical cases of JE occur every year, and vaccination is the most effective prophylactic measure.

Salpingectomy is proposed as a prophylactic measure to reduce the incidence of tubo-ovarian/pelvic serous cancers.

But Dr. David Colbert, a New York City dermatologist, said, "While a lot of the ingredients in these products could potentially ward off insects, this is a prophylactic measure, not a treatment".

He was off antipsychotic medicine for eight years and showed no symptoms but agreed to go back on medication, his lawyer wrote, when it was prescribed "solely as a prophylactic measure".