A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Breast Milk Use in a Chinese NICU: a Pilot Study

(1)Team building: organize a multidisciplinary breast milk consume improvement team；(2) Staff education: one nurse to train in Canada for 1 month as lactation coordinator, lactation consultant from Canada to teach NICU staff for 1 month; (3) Send breastmilk teaching materials for parents to teach mothers about breast milk feeding;(4) allocate an area in the NICU as a breast pumping room with breastfeeding pumps and chairs to support mothers pumping milk and feeding their babies; (5)purchase 10 breast pumps from Medela and establish a loaner program for mothers; (6)provide lactation counseling \& promote consistent communication about the benefits of mothers' milk to encourage mothers to provide milk for their infants;(7)Coaching by lactation coordinator and nursing staff