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. 2014 Jul-Aug;43(4):488-96.
doi: 10.1111/1552-6909.12469. Epub 2014 Jun 30.

An interprofessional quality improvement project to implement maternal/infant skin-to-skin contact during cesarean delivery

Karen Brady, Denise Bulpitt, Caren Chiarelli

An interprofessional quality improvement project to implement maternal/infant skin-to-skin contact during cesarean delivery

Karen Brady et al. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2014 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Immediate skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn has been associated with successful breastfeeding outcomes. One of the challenges nurses face in promoting skin-to-skin occurs in the operating room during a cesarean delivery. Utilizing an interprofessional approach for this quality improvement project, we successfully implemented skin-to-skin contact for all eligible mother/infant couplets after cesarean birth. Exclusive breastfeeding rates for these women increased as a result.

Keywords: Baby-Friendly; cesarean delivery; exclusive breastfeeding; interprofessional; perinatal core measures; skin-to-skin contact.

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Skin-to-skin in the operating room compared with exclusive breastfeeding rates July 2012 –- April 2013. SSC = skin to skin contact; OR = operating room; Exc BF all pts = exclusive breastfeeding for all patients; Exc BF CS = exclusive breastfeeding for patients with cesarean birth.
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