Seeding

[Warfield, Heather (Health)]

Dear Colleagues

It came to my notice yesterday that there is a practice called ‘seeding’ and some mothers have asked if they can do this.
I think the mother had come into our birth centre at Canberra Hospital and I am at present finding out how common this practice is and would like your feedback if this has occurred at your hospital
For those not aware of the practice it is when a saline soaked piece of gauze is inserted into the vagina prior to the caesarian section. The gauze is then put into a container and when the baby is born the gauze is wiped inside the baby’s mouth, over its eyes and skin, supposedly to colonise the baby with the mother flora.

I look forward to your feedback

Kind regards

Heather

Heather Warfield
Infection Prevention & Control
Surgical site surveillance
Canberra Hospital
building 10, level 4

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[Anonymous]

I read this news report about seeding a while back, but haven’t gotten my hands on the research paper as yet. Fascinating stuff. We have not experienced it at our facility as yet though.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34064012?hootPostID796bc1b0fb38c3962351a241a7e3ebd3
Kelly

Kelly Barton
Workforce Training & Infection Control Officer
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Dear Colleagues

It came to my notice yesterday that there is a practice called ‘seeding’ and some mothers have asked if they can do this.
I think the mother had come into our birth centre at Canberra Hospital and I am at present finding out how common this practice is and would like your feedback if this has occurred at your hospital
For those not aware of the practice it is when a saline soaked piece of gauze is inserted into the vagina prior to the caesarian section. The gauze is then put into a container and when the baby is born the gauze is wiped inside the baby’s mouth, over its eyes and skin, supposedly to colonise the baby with the mother flora.

I look forward to your feedback

Kind regards

Heather

Heather Warfield
Infection Prevention & Control
Surgical site surveillance
Canberra Hospital
building 10, level 4

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[Glenys Harrington]

Hi Heather and Kelly,

Find below contact details for the researchers – might be easier to just
write to them asking for a copy of their peer review publications on
“seeding”

Assoc Professor Maria Dominguez_Bello

Department of Medicine

NYU School of Medicine

http://www.med.nyu.edu/biosketch/dominm05

Professor Rob Knight

Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry and
Computer Science, and Biofrontiers Institute

University of Colorado Boulder

https://www.coursera.org/instructor/robknight

Glenys Harrington

Consultant

Infection Control Consultancy (ICC)

PO Box 5202

Middle Park

Victoria, 3206

Australia

M: +61 404 816 434

infexion@ozemail.com.au

ABN 47533508426

Of Kelly Barton

I read this news report about seeding a while back, but haven’t gotten my
hands on the research paper as yet. Fascinating stuff. We have not
experienced it at our facility as yet though.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34064012?hootPostID6bc1b0fb38c3962351a241a
7e3ebd3

Kelly

Kelly Barton

Workforce Training & Infection Control Officer

Monday- Friday

P Reduce, re-use, recycle. Please consider the environment before printing
this e-mail.

Of Warfield, Heather (Health)

Dear Colleagues

It came to my notice yesterday that there is a practice called ‘seeding’
and some mothers have asked if they can do this.

I think the mother had come into our birth centre at Canberra Hospital and I
am at present finding out how common this practice is and would like your
feedback if this has occurred at your hospital

For those not aware of the practice it is when a saline soaked piece of
gauze is inserted into the vagina prior to the caesarian section. The gauze
is then put into a container and when the baby is born the gauze is wiped
inside the baby’s mouth, over its eyes and skin, supposedly to colonise the
baby with the mother flora.

I look forward to your feedback

Kind regards

Heather

Heather Warfield

Infection Prevention & Control

Surgical site surveillance

Canberra Hospital

building 10, level 4

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[Warfield, Heather (Health)]

Dear Kelly
Thank you for sending this article. I think we are going to hear a lot more about it.

Kind regards

Heather

Heather Warfield
Infection Prevention & Control
Surgical site surveillance
building 10, level 4

I read this news report about seeding a while back, but haven’t gotten my hands on the research paper as yet. Fascinating stuff. We have not experienced it at our facility as yet though.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34064012?hootPostID796bc1b0fb38c3962351a241a7e3ebd3
Kelly

Kelly Barton
Workforce Training & Infection Control Officer
Monday- Friday
P Reduce, re-use, recycle. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

Dear Colleagues

It came to my notice yesterday that there is a practice called ‘seeding’ and some mothers have asked if they can do this.
I think the mother had come into our birth centre at Canberra Hospital and I am at present finding out how common this practice is and would like your feedback if this has occurred at your hospital
For those not aware of the practice it is when a saline soaked piece of gauze is inserted into the vagina prior to the caesarian section. The gauze is then put into a container and when the baby is born the gauze is wiped inside the baby’s mouth, over its eyes and skin, supposedly to colonise the baby with the mother flora.

I look forward to your feedback

Kind regards

Heather

Heather Warfield
Infection Prevention & Control
Surgical site surveillance
Canberra Hospital
building 10, level 4

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