Mary,

Although I am still an intern - when I do consults (with my LC mentor), we
only use gloves when doing digital exams and helping with the milk collection
and teaching storing practices.  I also feel that we need to be able to "feel"
the moms breasts. I can not imagine not being able to assess a mothers breasts
correctly because the gloves were in the way. So yes you are right (although
I do not have as much experience as you all do).  I would love to thank all of
you wonderful people out there that have been so helpful to me in my learning
experience.  To all of you in USA Happy Thanksgiving - to all of you abroad
Happy Holidays to you too!

Sincerely,
Donna Kimick
Intern LC
Long Island NY

"It's the lucky baby, I feel, who continues to nurse until he's two."
Antonia Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH
Surgeon General 1990-1993

> Date:   Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:21:10 -0500
> From:   Mary Jozwiak IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Gloves and consults
>
> I am just picking brains about other consultants use of gloves during
> consults. (I don=92t and never have worked in a hospital, so I hope no one
> thinks I am being na=EFve.)
>
> I use purple Nytril gloves while doing digital suck assessments. (Both for
> the baby=92s protection and my own.) I also, matter of factly, ask clients,
> in the course of taking a history if she has any Hep or CMV. If she does
> not I do the rest of the consult gloveless. Obviously, milk gets onto my
> hands ect. I also wear waterproof bandaids if I have a cut or other break
> in the skin. I also wear gloves if a mother has a break in the nipple.
>
> Do any consultants routinely use gloves for *all* consultation? I feel I
> can get a better feel for things with bare hands. The warmth and almost
> imperceptible swelling which precedes Ejection, a softer human touch on my
> client=92s breasts,  ect.
>
> I know both the CDC and IL DCFS says human milk =93is not and never has
> been=
>
> a biological hazard=94 but I was just wondering what other consultants do.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL, AAPL
> Private Practice







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