Good Morning Lactnet,

My question regards post discharge recommendations for breastmilk storage.  
As in many NICUs our hospital policy dictates that breastmilk be stored fresh 
no longer than 48 hours before being frozen.  Ruth Lawrence sites a study 
from 1987, Sosa and Barness that indicated that bacterial growth actually 
decrease over 48 hours probably due to the bacterial inhibitory factors of the 
milk itself.  

Has any NICU that anyone is aware of recommended changing standard 
storage recommendations for the NICU population going home because they 
are "immuno-compromised"?  

The challenge came from a nurse who had recently been "displaced" from a 
discharge planning position back to a bedside nursing position.  I am tending 
to think that this arosed because "displacement" travels downhill...

Thanks all,
Kathy Amell IBCLC, RLC
Austin, TX

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