High rate of lost hospital breastfeeding clothes raises call to treasure public resources

A 2014 statistical report from Mennonite Christian Hospital revealed that a high percentage of fabric items had gone missing from within the hospital. Missing items included: fleece quilts; bed sheets; pillowcases; incontinence mattresses and breastfeeding clothes. In general, missing items averaged around 20%, but for breastfeeding clothes the figure was much higher at 80%. The figures aroused mixed feelings from within Mennonite Christian Hospital, as the loss of breastfeeding clothes indicates an increase in the practice of breastfeeding, which is extremely beneficial for infants. Conversely, the loss of such items not only causes inconvenience to subsequent patients, it also forces Mennonite Christian Hospital to annually spend additional funds on the purchase of replacements, further burdening the hospital’s financial resources.

Chief nurse at the supplies department of Mennonite Christian Hospital said that 100% cotton breastfeeding clothes are extremely comfortable and provide a great deal of convenience to mothers during the postnatal period. With the direct aim of benefiting both mother and child, Mennonite Christian Hospital intends to continue providing breastfeeding clothes, though it asks for the return of such items after use, thereby ensuring availability for subsequent patients in need.  

High rate of lost hospital breastfeeding clothes raises call to treasure public resources

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醫院哺乳衣遺失率居冠 共籲珍惜公共資源

根據花蓮門諾醫院2014年統計布類物品遺失排行中也發現，院內的刷毛被、床單、枕頭套、防漏中單以及產婦用的哺乳衣和褲遺失率相當高，平均約近2成的遺失率，其中以產婦哺乳衣遺失率最高達到8成，門諾醫院則喜憂參半，因為哺乳衣使用表示母乳哺育率提高，對寶寶是非常好的幫助，但哺乳衣遺失也增加後繼病患使用不便，門諾醫院也因此每年都必須有額外的花費重新購置，造成醫院不小的負擔。門諾醫院資材課胡莉莉課長說表示，哺乳衣在協助媽媽坐月子期間哺餵母乳有很大的方便，而且哺乳衣是純棉材質，穿來舒適，對媽媽幫助很大，為了媽媽和寶寶好，醫院會永續提供也會鼓勵借用，但也期盼用畢歸還，讓其他需要的人也可以使用。