Jeanette,
My hospital uses a consent form for the pacifier.  It is taped to the infant's crib and is updated with initials and date if mother changes her mind.  I can get the exact wording when I'm at work and post it later.  The form gives the hospital permission to use a pacifier anytime to calm the baby, or to use a pacifier with a sucrose solution during painful procedures only (like a circumcision or blood draw), or no use of a pacifier at all.

The problem has been that a parent will give permission for a paci to be used during a painful procedure, and the paci finds it's way into to the baby's mouth for a HepB shot, then stays in the crib to be used again during assessments, or essentially, ad lib.

Now that we have started using a sucrose solution for painful procedures, I'm seeing it in the mother's room and hear that a nurse used it to encourage baby to latch.  (Hardly ever is it successful.)  It's always something!

Jeanne Mitchell RN IBCLC
Austin, TX

  I've been asked if any hospital is using consent forms for formula or pacifier use and how this has been working.

  Any takers?

  You can e-mail me here or at work: [log in to unmask]

  Thanks.

  Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC

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