Hello all, Does anyone have specific information regarding normal flora found in cultures performed on breast milk? I need very specific information with regards to organism type and number (amount) so that a decision can be made regarding safety of EBM feedings in a VLBW infant in the NICU. We do not routinely perform cultures in our unit (in this case there were concerns regarding contamination) so I want to make sure we acurately interpret the results. I have done a literature review (online, looked in Lawrence, HMBANA guidelines, etc, etc) and found a great deal of general information about normal skin flora, but no definitives. To date the culture has grown staph epidermidis and aureus, which I know are normal flora, but it has also grown enterobacteriaceae, which I was concerned about. I would appreciate ANY guidance from anyone versed in this information or who can point me to a specific piece of literature that provides normal growth amount and organism information. We are currently no mail, so I would appreciate replies to: [log in to unmask] Thank you in advance for your help!!! Melissa Hessock RN, BSN, IBCLC Columbus Regional Medical Center Columbus Georgia *********************************************** 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