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The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding for Hospitals,
as outlined by UNICEF/WHO.
The steps for the United States are:


  1. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely
    communicated to all health care staff.
  2. Train all health care staff in skills necessary to
    implement this policy.
  3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and
    management of breastfeeding.
  4. Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within one hour
    of birth.
  5. Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to
    maintain lactation, even if they are separated from
    their infants.
  6.  Give newborn infants no food or drink other than
    breast milk, unless medically indicated.
  7. Practice “rooming in”-- allow mothers and infants to
    remain together 24 hours a day.
  8. Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
  9. Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples to
    breastfeeding infants.
  10. Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support
    groups and refer mothers to them on discharge
    from the hospital or clinic
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