Hi Ruth,  Laurie sent you some great ideas.  You asked about the percentage of NICU patients that use breast milk.  Over 90% of our patients use their mother's breast milk.  I work at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.  Rachel Wahl RN IBCLC  > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:47:53 -0500> From: "Ruth Ashcraft Munday BSN, RN-BC, IBCLC, RLC" <[log in to unmask]>> Subject: breastmilk for NICU patients in a children's hospital> > Hi all,> > I work as an LC in a children's hospital and we have a NICU that is not=20=> > associated with a birthing hospital> > Our babies are transferred and the moms come once they are discharged> This often delays them starting to pump, etc...> > We are working on increasing our pumping initiation and duration rates.> I was asked to post to see if there were any other chidrens's hospitals> with NICUS that were monitoring their use of breastmilk and what their> percentage of breastmilk use might be.> 
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