Hi- I've been asked by a local NICU nurse about ways to keep the correct mom's expressed breast milk going to the right baby. Apparently there's been several recent mix-ups where a mother's milk went to someone else's baby. One question she asked: Is it ok to check milk ID's at the beginning of the 8hour nurses shift and leave it hanging at bedside for the next 6-8 hours? (to minimize the number of times milk needs to be distributed and therefore decrease chances for error) I have Riordan & Auerbach's book summation stating 4 hours out (for a NICU) is ok, but has that changed as other studies have okayed longer room temp storage for term babies? What other ways do your NICU's find efficient/accurate to verify mom/baby milk? Thanks, Susan Lawrence, IBCLC _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com *********************************************** 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