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Upcoming important dates, next steps for the Milk Initiative...

(This email goes out to the key contact person from each team in the collaborative.  Please share relevant information with your team members or others at your hospital.)

July 20, 2011
Human Milk Well Baby Webinar Wednesday, 7/27, 2:00 PM
 
conference call In this upcoming webinar the Close to Me Working Group will update teams on the progress they have made in adapting the program for use by our teams in the nursery.

Background:
We have been asked by the March of Dimes (MOD) if the PQCNC EHM groups would be willing to include a new MOD program in the effort to increase eclusive human milk rates in NICUs and nurseries.  The MOD module called "Close To Me" is designed to promote and support kangaroo care.  The initial version of this module is designed with NICU infants in mind but MOD would like to modify this module for use in promoting skin to skin care in all newborns. There are presentations geared to families and providers.  Click here to view these presentations.  (You'll need to click on the individual links to view all three documents.) The module is also available in Spanish.

 

New Resources Available
 
information New resources have been added including:

 

Feeding protocols from Catawba Valley Medical Center

State of the art and recommendations - Kangaroo mother care: application in a high-tech environment  

 

(Abstract excerpt) Since Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) was developed in Colombia in the 1970s, two trends in clinical application emerged. In low income settings, the original KMC model is implemented. This consists of continuous (24hr/day, 7 days/week) and prolonged mother/parent-infant skin-to-skin contact; early discharge with the infant in the kangaroo position;(ideally) exclusive breastfeeding; and, adequate follow-up. In affluent settings, intermittent KMC with sessions of one or a few hours skin-to-skin contact for a limited period is common. As a result of the increasing evidence of the benefits of KMC for both infants and families in all intensive care settings...Implementation of the original KMC method, with continuous skin-to-skin contact whenever possible, is recommended for application in high-tech environments...



Thomas E Young, MD's presentation on Making the case for Kangaroo Care - and its importance in brain development.   

 

 

Contact

OK KMC

Keith M. Cochran
PQCNC Debrouillard
[email protected]
919.966.8182


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