I recently wrote that I was very excited to bring up the subject of banning the 
bags at our hospital in Arizona, but after meeting with the director am seeing 
the light as to how much work this may be.

The positive side: the director of our department believes we should ban the 
bags. She contacted the materials management department and they said we 
don't have a contract, and that we can stop the bags at any time, just say 
the word. The negative side: the director believes we can't ban the bags 
without first developing a committee to explore the creation of a 
generic "health and wellness" bag for all of the patients. This committee would 
be headed by me, and I will have to be responsible for finding funding sources 
and community sources for things to put in this bag. 

And as I expected, I am hearing negative feedback from my staff about 
banning the bags already. Even from staff who have taken extensive 
breastfeeding training courses and are considered breastfeeding educators on 
our staff.

This will take much more time and infighting that I was hoping for. If anyone 
has ideas for what to put in this generic bag in the way of freebies (I will be 
getting some help from our local county health department), your feedback will 
be so appreciated!

Thanks to those who have e-mailed me privately already.

Brenda Phipps, BS, IBCLC

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