It is NOT an OSHA requirement to wear gloves when handling breastmilk in the 
NICU!  Below is what we have attached to our refrigerator:

“Whereas universal precautions DO NOT APPLY to human breast milk, gloves may 
be worn by health care workers in situations where exposures to breast milk 
might be frequent, for example in breast milk banking.”
–Centers for Disease Control. MMWR 1988; 37:377-82

“Contact with breast milk does not constitute on occupational exposure risk 
as defined by OSHA standards.”
–Committee on Pediatric AIDS, AAP. Pediatrics 1995; 96:977-79
Nancy
Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC
Neonatologist, Children's Hospital & Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
Medical Director, Lactation Services, Sharp HealthCare
San Diego, CA
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