According to the CDC, OSHA and the Am Public Health Assoc. breastmilk is
NOT to be handled according to standard universal precautions.  This debate
went round and round a couple of years ago.  The implications of calling
breastmilk a biohazard would have been devasting--requiring double gloved
masked feeding of infants, separate storage areas, disposal, etc.  This may
change given some recent court cases where brst mlk has been mixed up, so I
think we need to continue educating on this topic.

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