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By Catherine Bitter posted 05-17-2014 01:31 AM

  
Any policy or practices out there re oral care. What do you use sterile water and breastmilk, when and how often etc Thanks
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Lisa Robinson
07-28-2014 08:25 AM

we use breast milk as first choice, biotene swabs as second, sterile water third

Christine Adams
06-13-2014 08:35 PM

Our unit just wrote a policy based on articles printed in Advances in Neonatal Care. Breast milk will be swabbed in the baby's mouth with every hands on care every three or four hours. If milk is not available, sterile water can be used.