Many of you work in US hospitals that received the CDC assessment of 
Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC survey) in the summer 
of 2007.  82% of maternity hospitals or birthing centers in the US responded, 
2,690 in all.  Results of the survey were sent to all participating hospitals last 
summer. The survey impacts all IBCLC in the US, whether they work in the 
hospitals or not. 

This is a very useful survey because it allowed hospitals to see the areas that 
they were doing well in to support breastfeeding mothers, as well as 
indications from this benchmark report of opportunities for quality 
improvement. 

Now the CDC would like feedback on this survey, and its usefulness as a tool 
for improvement. If you would like to learn more about the original survey you 
can see the information about the survey at www.cdc.gov/mpinc. The would 
like feedback before April 1st. You can read about this at 
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-2260.pdf. Comments may be sent 
to [log in to unmask] 

I know our hospital has been very interested in the report we received. We 
now know how we stand as compared to the national score, the state score, 
and as compared to hospitals of comparable size. We are able to use this 
information to improve our breastfeeding services. 

If you would like to encourage the CDC to repeat this survey in the future, 
please write to them and let them know. 

Ann Calandro, MSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC
Piedmont Medical Center
Rock Hill, SC.

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