This is why I wrote my own handout.  Free cheap or pretty does not make
good patient education materials.  I can e-mail the mentioned handout to
you with the most current information/research available so you can make a
change quickly.

Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE
Birth and Breastfeeding Resources  http://www.childbirth.org/bbfr
Manhattan, KS  USA
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> From: werrell <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: USDA Daycare guidelines for milk storage
> Date: Friday, March 20, 1998 1:44 PM
>
> A mom I have been working with for some time is very frustrated that her
> day care center is throwing her milk away after 48 hours.  They gave her
a
> handout from the USDA on milk storage guidelines for daycare providers
that
> states milk should be discarded after forty eight hours.  So they are
> throwing out her milk.  This means that she can't leave milk on friday
for
> monday because they toss it.  What is up here?  i tell moms milk is ok
for
> atleast five days, Medela's handouts say 72 hours.  What can we do to
> change this?  Working moms have a tough enough job without help from the
> government making it  worse.  Any ideas to help this mom.  Of course she
> could keep her milk at home until right before it is needed but that is a
> big hassle for her and risky should the baby want more on a particular
day.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lori Werrell, BA, IBCLC
>