Doesn't make any sense to me.  Each baby's own milk containers should be in
separate plastic boxes.  Sounds like a lot of money being wasted on
cultures!
However culturing to be sure mom's milk is OK for own baby is another story.
Contact CHOP in Philadelphia PA and find out what they do or contact Dr
Wight.  She's written a whole book about premies and breastmilk! Pat in SNJ

> Hello, I am so excited to be a part of this website. I am a RN and 2 yr
> Lactation Counselor. I work in a hospital setting and have no one to
> precept with so I am doing my best to reach out in cyber space and other
> local LC's to learn as much as I can. Thank you for being a great resource
> to me now and in the future.
> My Question is, our policy at the hospital is to culture EBM for
> compromised/NICU babies, during which time we have mom pump and save all
> EBM. Culture takes 24 hrs then nursery may  store the EBM in the nursery
> freezer. The apparent reason for this culture is to not contaminate
> someone else's EBM even though the milk is in separate bags/bottles. Does
> this make sense to anyone or does anyone else have similar practice. How
> do other hospitals handle NICU and pumping moms.  Does anyone have an
> resource that I may use to help decide does this policy need to be
> changed. Thank you again for any and all suggestions!

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