Hi Everyone, We've encountered some problems at our hospital and I was just curious if it's happened to anyone else, and, if so, what you've done about it. The situation is: After the "Formula for Disaster" story aired on FOX news, many of our parents expressed concern about giving their infants Similac Advance. As we were automatically switched from Similac with Iron and had done enough research to be concerned about our liability if a baby develops problems from the new additives, we decided to switch back to Similac with Iron. Here's where the fun begins. We are working on becoming baby friendly and have been purchasing our formula for about a year. When our purchasing department tried to order the regular stuff, they were told that product no longer existed. Upon further investigation, we learned that Ross had changed the product numbers. We got the new number and tried again. Yesterday our purchasing manager called to tell us that she received a message from Ross Corporate Office stating that this product is no longer available for hospitals. They went on to say it is possible for us to purchase it, but instead of the $7.00 per case we're paying for the Advance (and were paying for the regular before we were switched over), it was going to cost us $91.00 (yes $91.00) per case! She checked to be sure it wasn't a typo. So, with the support of our nursery physician and supervisor, I asked the purchasing department to solicit a quote from Mead Johnson for just plain Enfamil and also to see if Nestle-Carnation makes a product for hospital use. She was going to contact the Ross Sales person for our area and tell him to fix the situation or we would switch to another brand. I spoke with Marsha Walker who also suggested that we complain to the FDA, Better Business Bureau and State Health Department. I feel as if we are between a rock and a hard place. If Enfamil is doing the same thing, we're going to be forced to buy a product we don't want and aren't comfortable with. Is this going on anywhere else? Any ideas?? Thanks! Barb Fibich, RN, CLC Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html