Don’t use physical restraint as a first choice during painful procedures in children
Often, to perform invasive procedures and/or to position devices, we resort to the physical restraint of the child, with insufficient explanation of what will happen, and without an appropriate analgesic coverage. Missing pain control and anxiety management generate...
Don’t heat the milk to inappropriate temperatures to prevent nutrient decomposition and store it properly.
Exposing milk to high temperatures (over 80 °C [176 °F]) may induce changes in the fatty acid profile if compared to fresh breast milk. To avoid the nutrient destruction, the right preparation must be respected. Evidence shows that the major changes in the overheated...
Don’t reheat several times artificial or breast milk before feeding it to the baby.
It is common practice to reheat several times both breast and formula milk, using methods that do not guarantee the correct temperature such as pots, bottle warmers, microwave ovens. The preparation of milk before administration can be via baby bottles warmers with a...
Don’t replace devices without assessing the skin integrity.
The skin breakdown. i.e. the destruction of soft tissues is a disregarded situation. Believing that children are not exposed to tissue damage is wrong. On the contrary, they are at greater risk of prejudices subsequent to the action of forces such as pressure,...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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