Ellen writes:
> The manager of our special care nursery heard about using EBM for
> doing mouthcare on their babies. Does anyone have any experience with
> this.
> Thank you. >
Wonderful mouthcare! As we know, most microbes gain entry via the mucus
membranes - and all those wonderful protective properties of colostrum and
milk can make a significant difference in protecting the baby. One tertiary
hospital here harvests a few drops of colostrum from all new prem mothers -
it goes directly into the baby's mouth before anything else. Their
infection rate in the NICU has dropped dramatically since introducing this
and other "breastfeeding" protocols. (They have a KMC policy and even HIV
pos mothers hand express and Pretoria pasteurise their own milk for their
tiny babies.)
Jean Ridler RN RM IBCLC
South Africa [log in to unmask]
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