Mary, what I don't understand is why the babies are being bathed
immediately, instead of having about an hour of skin-to-skin and then being
bathed or washed? As well as delaying the skin-to-skin, bathing robs Mum and
baby of the olfactory sensations that are part of early contact. 
What evidence does your hospital have for putting bathing ahead of
skin-to-skin? The evidence I'm aware of supports immediate skin-to-skin.

Virginia

Dr Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA 
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 
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On Fri, 20 May 2011 Mary Westra wrote:
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Hi all,
I am trying to change our hospital practice for newborns from the stressful
scrub a dub under the warmer where they howl,become exhausted and then don't
feed well, to the gentler immersion bath.  The problem I am facing is trying
to find a reusable tub that will be acceptable to our infection control
team.  Can anyone give me suggestions or policy on this.  I find that the
babies usually love the immersion bath and it is less time consuming for the
staff.  Baby can go skin to skin after a brief drying.
Thanks,
Mary Westra RN, IBCLC

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