Using quality improvement to increase human milk use for preterm infants

This review will provide an overview of quality improvement methods that have been used to improve human milk use (mother ’s own milk and donor milk) for very low-birth-weight infants in the hospital setting in the last decade. We will review the following: (1) evidence-based practices known to increase mother’s own milk for very low-birth-weight infants; (2) individual hospitals with exemplary lactation programs a nd past and current US-based statewide quality improvement collaboratives focused on increasing mother’s own milk; and (3) existing quality metrics for human milk and gaps in metrics.

Source: Seminars in Perinatology - May 23, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Margaret G. Parker, Aloka L. Patel Source Type: research