I am just picking brains about other consultants use of gloves during
consults. (I don’t and never have worked in a hospital, so I hope no one
thinks I am being naïve.)

I use purple Nytril gloves while doing digital suck assessments. (Both for
the baby’s protection and my own.) I also, matter of factly, ask clients,
in the course of taking a history if she has any Hep or CMV. If she does
not I do the rest of the consult gloveless. Obviously, milk gets onto my
hands ect. I also wear waterproof bandaids if I have a cut or other break
in the skin. I also wear gloves if a mother has a break in the nipple.

Do any consultants routinely use gloves for *all* consultation? I feel I
can get a better feel for things with bare hands. The warmth and almost
imperceptible swelling which precedes Ejection, a softer human touch on my
client’s breasts,  ect.

I know both the CDC and IL DCFS says human milk “is not and never has been
a biological hazard” but I was just wondering what other consultants do.

Thank you.

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL, AAPL
Private Practice

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