I'm beginning to feel a little like Pavlov's dog.  As soon as I saw
the term "gift" pack I
wanted to jump in and say "SAMPLE pack".  While I hope the time will
come that we can
convince the powers that be at our hospital to stop giving them out,
in the meantime I have
made it a point to try to get staff to change their termonology and
hopefully thereby their
thinking.  Whenever I hear someone using the term "gift" I simply
say "sample" and if they
don't seem to know what I'm saying, I explain further.  Most now
know my views and
when I hear that word all I have to do is say "What?" and they
immediately say something
like"Oh yeah, sample".
THEY ARE NOT GIFTS.  They are advertising samples.  Anything given
with the aim of
getting something in return does not warrant the name "gift".  These
packages certainly
aren't given out with any altruistic motivation.
Unfortunately, the hospital "saves" around $18,000 per year in not
having to purchase
volu-feeds, nipples, etc. which they get "free" because they give
out the sample packs!  This
is a tough obstacle to get past.  We're trying to research all
Policies and Procedures to see
if we can find one about other types of samples and then we'll try
to get that applied to the
ABM stuff.
Winnie Mading, RNC, IBCLC who sometimes has to step back and look
not just at where I want to be but also how far we have come over
the years.

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