Hi, Pamela: Our hospital system (11 hospitals) has been looking into this issue. The hospital I work at has a Level II NSy with exception. We have been storing EBM in Medela CSF bags which are given to mothers at d/c. The small amts the moms get with initial pumpings we have been drawing up into and storing in syringes. Both syringes and bags of milk are stored double- bagged (ziploc) in our fridge/freezer. One of our Level III nurseries has been trialing a storage box system, whereby EBM is stored in capped labeled volufeeds inside square plastic hinged boxes which are color-coded. Upon admission each baby is assigned a color and all milk is color-coded for that baby. Because of the continuing problem with availability of volu- feeds, especially the caps, our nsy nurses are recommending that d/c'd mothers buy Gerber brand ziploc milk storage bags. They are saying that the bags are durable and much easier for all to handle, being ziploc instead of twist tie. These are also color-coded and stored in the hinged boxes. Hopefully, someone will come up with the ideal system! Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html