Have a written infant feeding policy that is routinely communicated to staff and parents.
Establish ongoing monitoring and data-management systems.
Ensure that staff have sufficient knowledge, competence and skills to support breastfeeding.
Discuss the importance and management of breastfeeding with pregnant women and their families.
Facilitate immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact and support mothers to initiate breastfeeding as soon as possible after birth.
Support mothers to initiate and maintain breastfeeding and manage common difficulties.
Do not provide breastfed newborns any food or fluids other than breast milk, unless medically indicated.
Enable mothers and their infants to remain together and to practice rooming-in 24 hours a day.
Daily Update:
North Carolina native and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty received his COVID-19 vaccine this month. In a public service announcement released by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Petty, 83, shares his reasons for getting vaccinated and urges others to find their spot and take their shot. Read more HERE.
NCDHHS has updated its visitation guidance for long-term care facilities to allow for in-person, indoor or outdoor, visitation in most circumstances. The change aligns with new guidance released last week from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reflects rapidly improving trends in long-term care facilities. Read more HERE.
RALEIGH North Carolina native and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty recently received a COVID-19 vaccine.
The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, and all-time leader in premier series race wins with 200, Petty was vaccinated at a drive-through vaccination center located near his hometown of Level Cross, N.C.
In a public service announcement released by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Petty, 83, shares his reasons for getting vaccinated and urges others to find their spot and take their shot.
I talked to my doctor, and he highly recommended that I go ahead and get a shot, Petty said.