Presentation Information

Handling Human Milk in the NICU: Policies, Practices, and Parental Guidance

• Speaker: Naomi Bar-Yam , PhD, MSW
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• Duration: 60 Mins
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Abstract:

This presentation primarily addresses bedside NICU care providers including nurses, lactation consultants, physicians, dieticians and therapists. Full term nursery providers and community breastfeeding professionals will also benefit from this presentation. Topics covered include: practical information on how to collect, store, and prepare mothers’ own milk and donor milk in the NICU; how to talk with parents in an ongoing conversation about breastfeeding and use of donor milk in the NICU and beyond; hospital protocols and equipment that will improve safety and support breastfeeding in the NICU and nursery and strategies for strengthening providers’ impact on hospital policies that support NICU parents and babies.