The second edition Infant Feeding Guidelines from the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group (PNPG) American Dietetic Association (ADA) titled, “Infant Feedings: Guidelines for Preparation of Human Milk and Formula in Health Care Facilities,” is now available for purchase at: http://www.eatright.org/shop/product.aspx?id=6442463432
The new guidelines provide detailed information on how to safely prepare, handle, and store infant formula and human breast milk within the health care setting. Updates in this edition of the guidelines include a description for handling infant formula preparation in situations where no feeding preparation room exists and an entire chapter describing safe handling of mother’s own milk and donor human milk. Section one presents a summary of infant feeding guidelines and chapters 1-8 contain more detail and technical support as well as documentation of references used to formulate the guidelines.
ADA notes the guidelines are not regulations, but guidance for health care professionals, based on the latest scientific evidence-based research. The goal of these guidelines is to “help ensure that infants at a health care facility receive optimal nutritional care.”
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