"How do you know if the mother is taking any medications that would be contraindicated for breast feeding? She was not satisfied with any of our answers. Do any of you have a specific policy regarding screening of breast milk and documenting it?
1 Comment - Since we give only mom's own breast milk to her own baby, there is no reason to screen for anything else...If she has a disease that is contraindicated for breast feeding, that would also have been gotten in her history or verified by blood tests
Hi, I am interested to hear from other units regarding practices of the use of mother's milk with known substance use. 1. Do other units allow the use of mother's milk/breastfeeding with known use marijuana?
3 Comments - We do not allow the use of breast milk in moms with + UDS...We do not allow mothers to breast feed that have positive uds unless they have a prescription for the drug that is positive
Any policy or practices out there re oral care. What do you use sterile water and breastmilk, when and how often etc Thanks
2 Comments - we use breast milk as first choice, biotene swabs as second, sterile water third
We have had an issue with the bifurcated feeding side port collecting over time with formula or breast milk even with judicial flushing after access
Hi All we are working on a Business plan for a Donor milk Bank. A partnership with Prolacta Biosciences has been discussed as a part of this. If your organization collaborates with prolacta, or you use their Human Milk Fortifier, please contact me off the list
Studies have found hundreds of chemicals in umbilical cord blood and breast milk. Nursing has a role to educate ourselves and our patients on all factors that may affect our health
Is anyone using the liquid protein fortifier for human milk or formula in your unit
Dear Colleagues Please check out my blog posts - I am annotating several relevant articles every week that you may find helpful
Universe of Developmental Care Blog Post Not sure how many of you are familiar with this conceptual model, but, please take a moment to check out this post. I look forward to your comments!
My facility is trying to create a policy for IV infusion within our NICU looking at frequency of rate checks, cosigning TPN orders or changes in infusion rates, use of buretrols, etc to safeguard against accidental bolusing of TPN/Lipds, etc