Maintaining Safe Breastfeeding Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview of the Evidence to Inform Clinical Guidelines.
Neonatal Netw
; 40(3): 140-145, 2021 May 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1259284
ABSTRACT
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon the health care landscape has prompted many organizations to revise policies in response to ever-changing guidelines and recommendations regarding safe breastfeeding practices. The application of these professional guidelines into clinical practice is fraught with barriers, inconsistencies, and often-minimal evidential support. Key concerns for health care providers and patients include antenatal versus postnatal transmission, milk transmission, and separation care versus rooming-in, including the subsequent impacts upon breastfeeding and bonding. While SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus, the volume of literature to support best practice for couplet care continues to be developed at a rapid pace. The benefits of breastfeeding are steeped in evidence and outweigh the potential risk of transmission of COVID-19 from mother to newborn. Health care organizations must continue to seek guidance for policy revision within the ever-growing body of evidence for best practice and evaluate current practices for feasibility during and after hospitalization.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Feeding
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Neonatal Nursing
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COVID-19
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Health Promotion
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Mothers
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
Neonatal Netw
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Perinatology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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