Lactation Support Program | Clinician Resources

Education opportunities

• Orientation for Nurses and Clinical Assistants: Human milk management is offered monthly. Check Nursing Education Calendar or NetLearning for information.
• Human milk competency can be completed through NetLearning.
• Breastfeeding family education information sheets are available on many topics and in several languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic) to print for use with your families.

Lactation resource staff

Become a breastfeeding resource for your inpatient unit or clinical service. This group meets bimonthly for education opportunities, and it collaborates via email to distribute lactation information to staff throughout the hospital. A 10-hour comprehensive lactation training is offered twice a year for staff who desire to represent their units.

Email kimberly.barbas@childrens.harvard.edu for more information or to participate. All are welcome.

Internet resources:

• Human milk donation: Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast or Human Milk Banking Association of North America
• Medication use while breastfeeding:
  • Drugs and Lactation Searchable Database (Lactmed)
  • Infant Risk Center at Texas Tech University (telephone at 806-352-2519)
• AAP Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk