In a message dated 2/23/2006 6:03:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Sticky  situations can easily arise when working in settings with commercial
bases,  such as shops for parents.  As IBCLCs we are bound by our code  of
ethics to 'adhere to those provisions of the International Code of  Marketing
of Breastmilk Substitutes which pertain to health workers'.   This means not
taking gifts or gratuities from manufacturers of breastmilk  substitutes,
feeding bottles, and teats, and it means not giving the  appearance of
endorsing such products either.
 
This really needs to be continued to discussed, both with established  IBCLCs 
and newly certified ones. I was very surprised when I worked at the  Public 
Health Department to see a book, A Breastfeeding Handbook for  Hospitals 
written by 2 IBCLCs that had a paragraph on it that stated it was  funded by a grant 
from Mead Johnson. 

Barbara Whitehead, BS, IBCLC, RLC
eastern NC

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