Getting the pharmacy involved makes REAL milk something like a drug. Are the 
artificial formula products similarly portioned out by pharmacy barcoding? 
Real milk shouldn't be subject to more controls and paperwork than the 
phoney stuff.

Having had a baby in the NICU I can tell you that anything that further 
removes mamma's milk from being normal and natural makes it that much harder 
to keep pumping. When you add bar codes and pharmacy involvement it makes 
breastmilk feel like it's not quite safe or it's dangerous enough to need 
more oversight. It's tough having a baby in the NICU and it takes a huge 
committment to keep pumping.

Susan Small RN BSN

> From:    jane Ciaramella <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: labeling of breastmilk in NICU
> Marilyn
> We are movig rght now towards implementing the barcoding system. Our 
> pharmacy is going to produce the baby's labels for us and we will scan 
> breastmilk like we scan meds at the bedside.
> Our NICU thaws per each feed
> Jane Ciaramella RNC-OB,C-EFM,IBCLC, MS

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