The discussion back and forth about the pros and cons of digital oral assessment has been interesting. However, I have noticed that most posters, pro and con, assume that the finger goes in gloved. I understand the principle of "universal precautions." But is gloving in fact safer all around than good scrubbing and using a finger without any pre-existing cuts etc, given the possibility of sensitizing babies to latex? Opinions welcome. Elisheva Urbas NYC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html