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| On May 16 2006 11:59AM michael.nevill wrote: |
Should breast milk be treated the same as other bodily fluids? For example should staff wear gloves when helping mothers to breast feed their babies as they may get some milk on their hands? Also we have the old practice of dripping a couple of drips of the milk on their forearm to test the temperature - should this practice be stopped? Does qanyone have any references to support or discourage these practices?
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| On May 22 2006 11:58AM michael.nevill wrote: |
| Sorry but i have not had any responses to this. Does anyone have any info please. |
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| On May 23 2006 8:52AM GWSmith wrote: |
Have you tried contacting the Lactation Consultants of Great Britain or the UK Milk Bank Association?
Gillian |
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| On May 23 2006 9:44AM Deborahcontrol wrote: |
If you refer to the DH Guidance for Clinical Health Care Workers: Protection Against Infection with BBVs, table 1 states that breast milk should be handled with the same precautions as blood. I'm not sure, however, whether the information has changed since this was published as that was in 1998!
Deb |
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