Ellen writes:
> The manager of our special care nursery heard about using EBM for
> doing mouthcare on their babies. Does anyone have any experience with 
> this.
>     Thank you. >

Wonderful mouthcare!  As we know, most microbes gain entry via the mucus 
membranes - and all those wonderful protective properties of colostrum and 
milk can make a significant difference in protecting the baby.  One tertiary 
hospital here harvests a few drops of colostrum from all new prem mothers - 
it goes directly into the baby's mouth before anything else.  Their 
infection rate in the NICU has dropped dramatically since introducing this 
and other "breastfeeding" protocols.  (They have a KMC policy and even HIV 
pos mothers hand express and Pretoria pasteurise their own milk for their 
tiny babies.)

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
South Africa   [log in to unmask] 

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