The size of the institution and the logistics of distance will probably 
guide you to some extent.
While I don't work in a hospital setting, one idea I've seen in use is 
standing each mother's expressed milk in her own plastic storage tray (the 
sort used to hold oddments in shops) in the designated fridge, as an easy 
way to keep each mother's milk separate. This should work, whether from 
postpartum Mums or staff. You will, I assume, be barcoding the patients' 
milk containers, including name and date, and staff EMB stored on site 
should be labelled, too (marker pen?).
If your workplace has a policy about keeping staff milk elsewhere, in this 
case the employee fridge should suit.  It makes sense to discuss this with 
people using the fridge - staff fridges can get so cluttered and smelly. So 
you don't want staff members' precious EBM to become contaminated.. Clear 
labelling is important for staff EBM in a tea room fridge so that it doesn't 
get wasted in someone's tea or coffee.

Virginia
in Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Jessica Callaghan asked:
What are your guidelines for storage of breastmilk - specifically=
1) where is the breastmilk stored at?
2) If certain floors have designated fridges for breastmilk what do you do 
for mothers that are pumping but not located in the area's where the 
'designated fridges' are located at? Is the milk then stored in a routine 
fridge on the floor? Or is the nurse of that patient responsible to take the 
milk to a designated fridge which may be on the other side of the hospital?
3) What about employees that are pumping - do they put there milk in the 
employee fridge, are they allowed to place their milk in the patient 
breastmilk fridge?

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