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Subject:	Re: gloves?
From:	Phyllis Adamson IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:09:30 -0700
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This is in a hospital setting. No, the gloves are not sterile. They come from a dispenser box on the wall.
But as I said in my previous post, I have psoriasis on my hands. It appeared in the last 12-18 mos.
I would not want a hospital staffer touching me with hands like that. So I wear gloves for mutual protection.
I explain to mom that my skin is very dry and scratchy.

Having mom do the pump setup with my verbal direction is a really good idea, esp in a home consult situation. I will do that when I become more active in private practice again.
But in a hospital, I prefer to spend that personal time talking her thru the actual use of the pump. Without that kind of attention, many of the moms just hold it on their breasts for a few minutes, get drips, and hang it up because "nothing came out".

Phyllis

---- Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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Dear Lactnet Friends:

I am responding to this comment in a recent post. "I wear gloves when I
set up a pump. The kit is sterile until opened and my being gloved reduces
the risk of contamination from me."

This comment is inaccurate. Wearing gloves is no guarantee of cleanliness.
I watch the workers in the deli wear gloves while they do everything: cut
meat, wrap it, put the meat away, etc. etc. Their gloved hands are as
unclean as their bare hands are in this situation.

If gloves are sterile, they will reduce the risk of contamination but only
if they are put on correctly. Merely wearing gloves is no guarantee that
the risk of contamination will be reduced; first of all, the gloves aren't
sterile to begin with.

Just wash hands at home. That's always been the biggest protection. Or
have the mother set up the pump and guide her verbally so things are
colonized with her house germs.

warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ.
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