| Description |
xiv, 490 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Establishing the need : why human milk is important to a nation's public health -- Implementing NICU breastfeeding support: policies and procedures: step 1 -- Step 2 : staff training for improved skills and competency in assisting breastfeeding mothers -- Step 3 : informing mothers of preterm infants about the need for their milk -- Step 4 : helping preterm mothers mother through increased mother-infant contact -- Step 5 : establishing and maintaining a milk supply for the NICU infant -- Step 6 : give preterm and/or compromised infants only human milk unless medically contraindicated -- Step 7 : implementing kangaroo mother care and skin-to-skin contact in the NICU as routine care -- Step 8 : transitioning the baby to full breastfeeding -- Sept 9 : addressing issues of conflict of interest -- Step 10 : the role of the NICU in providing breastfeeding support -- Use of banked donor human milk as an alternative to formula -- U.S. milk banking : a century of safety -- International practices and policies in donor human milk banking -- The ten steps for a baby-friendly milk bank -- The ethics of human milk use in the NICU |
| Summary |
"This text covers the use of banked, or stored, human milk in the hospital for premature and sick infants. It discusses the advantages of human milk feedings and the elements of hazard or risk introduced by the use of formulas, including rationales for the use of both mother's own milk and donor human milk in the NICU."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Breast milk.
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Breastfeeding.
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Neonatal intensive care.
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Newborn infants -- Nutrition.
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Breast Feeding.
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Intensive Care, Neonatal -- organization & administration.
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Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Milk Banks -- organization & administration.
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Milk, Human.
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Mothers -- education.
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| LC no. |
2009024156 |
| ISBN |
0763761338 |
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9780763761332 |
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