An infectious disease expert in my hospital's health care system spoke at
the OB department meeting today regarding care of the OB patient and H1N1
flu. She said that if a mom with flu was well enough to change her gown,
wear a mask, and wash her hands, she could breastfeed her baby directly. If
she is too sick to perform these self-care tasks, she should be separated
from her baby, but provide pumped milk for someone else to feed to the
baby.
Sounds like a pretty reasonable interpretation of the CDC guidelines to me.
Barb Berges BS, RN, IBCLC
near Cleveland, Ohio
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