baby friendly hosiptal. dr waleed aboulsoud pptx

the road to baby friendly hosiptal initiative

1. Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Dr. Waleed Aboul-Elsoud Pediatric Consultant

2. Goals of the Baby- friendly Hospital Initiative To transform hospitals and maternity facilities through implementation of the "Ten steps ". To end the practice of distribution of free and low- cost supplies of breast- milk substitutes to maternity wards and hospitals.

3. Why Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative? The Baby Friendly process will transform the way we practice maternity and infant feeding and establish the SMC Hospital as a global leader in providing evidence-based maternity care practices to support optimal infant feeding. The SMC Hospital will be going through a rigorous structured designation process. The end of the process we will have the stamp of approval from Saudi ministry of health as confirmation that we provide evidence based , best practice care.

4. Compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast- milk Substitutes

5. STEP 1. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff

6. STEP 2. Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement the policy

7. Summary Clinical Staff Training Report

8. STEP 3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding

9. STEP 4. Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within a half- hour of birth

10. STEP 5. Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation, even if they should be separated from their infants

11. STEP 6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated

12. STEP 7. Practice rooming in ( allow mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a day)

13. STEP 8. Encourage breastfeeding on demand

14. STEP 9. Give no artificial teats or pacifiers (also called dummies or soothers) to breastfeeding infants

15. STEP 10. Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic

16. Summary

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