This is why I wrote my own handout. Free cheap or pretty does not make good patient education materials. I can e-mail the mentioned handout to you with the most current information/research available so you can make a change quickly. Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE Birth and Breastfeeding Resources http://www.childbirth.org/bbfr Manhattan, KS USA [log in to unmask] ---------- > From: werrell <[log in to unmask]> > To: > Subject: USDA Daycare guidelines for milk storage > Date: Friday, March 20, 1998 1:44 PM > > A mom I have been working with for some time is very frustrated that her > day care center is throwing her milk away after 48 hours. They gave her a > handout from the USDA on milk storage guidelines for daycare providers that > states milk should be discarded after forty eight hours. So they are > throwing out her milk. This means that she can't leave milk on friday for > monday because they toss it. What is up here? i tell moms milk is ok for > atleast five days, Medela's handouts say 72 hours. What can we do to > change this? Working moms have a tough enough job without help from the > government making it worse. Any ideas to help this mom. Of course she > could keep her milk at home until right before it is needed but that is a > big hassle for her and risky should the baby want more on a particular day. > > Thanks, > > Lori Werrell, BA, IBCLC >