I think you need more details: nature / purpose of the conference; who
sponsored it; nature / purpose of the particular session; who presented the
information; that person's credentials.
Of all the potential issues of liability I can think of, I can also provide
easy preventive measures. The Ronald McDonald Houses are at no more risk of
liability than any hospital that provides pumps & refrigerators for pumped
milk. Probably less. IMHO.

Phyllis


Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ
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> The manager of our local Ronald McDonald house just contacted our
lactation
> department (hospital-based) and said that she had recently been to a
> conference where one of the speakers had stated that they should remove
all
> the breast pumps from their facility due to legal and liability issues.
(?)
> Unfortunately she did not attend that particular session, so she did not
> have specifics, but she was going to contact the speaker for more
> information.  This particular R. McD. House is supplied with several
> Hollister SMBs from our rental station, so that mothers from our 60 bed
NICU
> and other hospitals around town can pump if needed.  Has anybody heard
> anything about this?  
 

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