A novel STD prophylaxis

Sid Schwab has a wonderful blog over at Surgeonsblog. This entry talks about his novel prevention for STDs:

So I did a little experiment with my staff of medics, who were not inclined toward abstinence. I gave them little tubes of neomycin ointment. “You didn’t hear it from me,” I said as I passed the little saviors out. “But you might want to see what happens if you take a leak and then squirt some of this up your urethra right after sex.” “Doc, you’re a genius,” I heard more than once.