From: Perspectives about the baby friendly hospital/health initiative in Australia: an online survey
Critical management procedures | |
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1a. | Comply with the Code and relevant resolutions. |
1b. | Have a written infant feeding policy that is routinely communicated to staff and parents. |
1c. | Establish ongoing monitoring and data management systems. |
2. | Ensure that staff have sufficient knowledge, competence and skills. |
Key clinical practices | |
3. | Discuss the importance and management of breastfeeding with pregnant women and their families. |
4. | Facilitate immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact and support mothers to initiate breastfeeding after birth. |
5. | Support mothers to initiate and maintain breastfeeding and manage common difficulties. |
6. | Do not provide breastfed newborns any food or fluids other than breast milk, unless medically indicated. |
7. | Enable mothers and their infants to remain together and to practise rooming-in 24 h a day. |
8. | Support mothers to recognize and respond to their infant’s cues for feeding. |
9. | Counsel mothers on the use and risks of feeding bottles, teats and pacifiers. |
10. | Coordinate discharge so that parents and their infants have timely access to ongoing support and care. |