Staff Education and Self-Care

(1043) Innovative Technology to Improve Patient Feeding Safety

Poster Presenter(s)

Mary M. Lussier, RN IBCLC

Lactation Services Coordinator
Connecticut Children's
Guilford, Connecticut, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Co-Author(s)

Lisa Connors, RNC-NIC, IBCLC

Lactation Consultant
Connecticut Children's
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Sophie Belanger, RNC-NIC, IBCLC

Lactation Consultant
Connecticut Children's
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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Silvana Michael, MSN, RN, IBCLC

Lactation Consultant
Connecticut Children's
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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Nannette Kyer, RN, IBCLC

Lactation Nurse
Connecticut Children's
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Neonatal caregivers are often unaware of the technology available to improve patient safety during the preparation and feeding process. This QI study describes an innovative use of technology to improve feeding safety as well as patient engagement. In addition we describe near miss data collected over a 1 year period.

Learning Objectives:

Name at least 2 barriers to safe feeding practice prior to use of an electronic feeding milk management system.
State 3 types of errors that are prevented with the use of an electronic feeding management system.
Describe how the use of an electronic feeding management system affects the "culture" of feeding in an inpatient setting.