We are a Level III NICU, trying to find reasonable ground between recommendations for home storage and utilization of breast milk for term newborns, and the national milk bank recommendations. I would appreciate information from the community who work with guidelines in NICU's. Some of the questions we are looking at include: Do you use fresh breast milk for under 1500 gms or do you always freeze due to CMV risk? What is your cutoff for receipt of fresh brestmilk - is it weight or gestaation? How long do you allow fresh breast milk to sit at the bedside and still be used? What are your refridgerator and freezer durations and temperatures? Does your unit utilize the national milk bank guidelines or do they have other criteria supported by the literature? Any information you can provide will be very much appreciated. Thanks Moe Kane, NNP University Physicians, Inc Tucson, AZ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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