Ban the Bags has a new one page handout entitled Hospital-Based Marketing  of 
Infant Formula which is suitable for use when talking with and educating  
hospital administrators regarding removal of commercial discharge bags. This  
sheet was created to address numerous common objections that staff and  
administrators typically voice when faced with bag removal. This has been  found 
helpful for use along with supporting material that can be found at the  Ban the 
Bags website, _www.banthebags.org_ (http://www.banthebags.org) . Ban the Bags 
also has a  new handout which is a sample letter that mothers can write to their 
hospitals  if they receive a bag during their stay following birth. The letter 
can be  distributed in childbirth classes or given to mothers that you care  
for post discharge. There are also a number of really fun items at 
_www.cafepress.com/banthebags_ (http://www.cafepress.com/banthebags)  for  your work in 
eliminating these bags from hospitals.
 
We have had a number of new hospitals go bag free and have now assembled a  
list of over 100 hospitals that have done so. If your hospital has gone bag 
free  or if you know of one in your community please take just a couple of 
minutes to  let us know on the Ban the Bags website. This helps hospitals understand 
that  the issue is not unique to just one institution and that others have 
chosen  ethical behavior over peddling products to new mothers.
 
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA
 

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