Donor milk can become a part of your NICUs program if your NICU & other depts realize it is the best health choice for their babies (NEC&such) & they see the cost differences. Compare one day treating NEC, or one NEC surgical day, or one day of TPN, vs one day's donor milk feeds. Run the numbers and show them. Talk to hosps that do use donor milk. You can do it.
Phyllis
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Michelle Kinne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Just to answer Amy's question regarding donor milk availability in the NICU with a prescription. I don't know if it was intended to be rhetorical but no, donor milk is not readily available in the NICU, even with a prescription. I work in a NICU and we don't have donor milk available with or without a prescription.
In the US why this is the case is complex. It is firmly rooted in our culture of normalizing formula.....and the insurance industry.
Michelle H. Kinne BA IBCLC RLC ICCE CD(DONA)
www.CascadePerinatalServices.com
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