Melinda asks:
 
<<Does JCAHO look at  lactation services at all?>>


 
No, not officially.  It is  not in their guidelines, nor in the issues that 
concern them r/t OB.  You  may get an individual assessor that will ask 
questions about  breastfeeding/lactation, IBCLCs, breastfeeding outcomes, etc, but 
basically they  don't dictate how many staff or what kind of staff the hospital 
has.  JCAHO  is interested in outcomes.  If you can demonstrate that you have 
had X  number of breastfeeding babies readmitted to the hospital that went 
home that  were not breastfeeding effectively which is directly related to a lack 
of  experienced, knowledgeable, breastfeeding support and services, you might 
get  someplace because kernicterus/jaundice/hyperbilirubinemia is one of 
their  sentinel events, and is the only place in all their literature in which  
lactation consultants are mentioned.




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