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Benefits
Breast milk is classified as a body fluid similar to blood or plasma, and contact with any type of body fluid carries a risk for transmission of infection. The many possible infectious diseases that can present in breast milk include:
- HIV
- Hepatitis
- CMV
- Herpes Simplex Virus
- MRSA
These agents can cause devastating consequences, especially if the wrong mother’s milk is given to an infant. In addition, parents may experience psychological stress and induced anxiety. This can lead to a loss of confidence and mistrust in the hospital taking care of their infant.
SafeBaby provides a safe and reliable method for providing optimal nutrition to infants in your care, while making the feeding process easier for the staff by eradicating the following problems in the feeding process:
- Babies with similar names
- Failure to positively identify patient
- Breakdown in the two-nurse check system
- Failure to dispose of milk belonging to discharged patients
- Lack of feeding guidelines and processes in the NICU
- Inaccurate breast milk inventory
- Failure to dispose of spoiled breast milk
- Proper labeling of all HBM containers
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