Hi Valerie, yes, I have seen the booklet but I was so disgusted I don't
recall exactly what it says.  I can see it again next Monday since I
disagree with the statement too.

 

Can I pass this on to the employee in question?  Likely she'll argue that
all the many other viruses the public "knows" are in breastmilk are a great
threat as well, even though the Universal precautions statement is easy to
find.  I mentioned the unreliability of testing in the first month as well-
not so much to influence this woman but because an open minded person was
there as well and she's joining the Peace Corps at the end of the summer and
I want to fill her head with good information.  :-)  She's a friend of a
friend too and I like her.  

 

Kate, mom to Ursula (9), Sage (6.5) and Benno (3!)

http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina/advantages-of-formula.html   "The truth
does not change according to our ability to stomach it - Flannery O'Connor



 

-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:50 AM
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Subject: Re: HIV transmission

 

Kate,

 

This is a factsheet from the NIH on HIV infection in women, under the
subtitle MTCT (mother to child transmission) dated May 2004...

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/womenhiv.htm

"Most MTCT, an estimated 50 to 70 percent, probably occurs late in pregnancy
or during birth. Although the exact ways the virus is transmitted are
unknown, scientists think it may happen when the mother's blood enters fetal
circulation or by mucosal exposure to the virus during labor and delivery."
to be virtually zero.

The CDC states that universal precautions do not apply to human milk, unless
someone is handling alot of human milk such as in human milk banking. see
(bottom of document) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/blood/universa.htm

Have you seen the OSHA book and what it states?  If the OSHA book has this
statement, then I would think they need to be queried on how they developed
this statement.  

Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

 


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