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Improper Mixing of Formula Due to Reuse of Hospital Bottles

Improper Mixing of Formula Due to Reuse of Hospital Bottles Abstract Improper mixing of infant formula is common and can have serious adverse effects. Mixing errors have been reported due to incomplete labeling on formula packages,1 heaping or compressing dry formula in the scoop,2 and intentional overdilution or underdilution because of financial need or the desire to bolster caloric intake in a sick3 or small infant.4 We report the case of an infant whose mother was mixing a hyperosmolar formula due to confusing graduated markings on a bottle that she brought home from the hospital after the birth of her infant. Patient Report. An 18-day-old Hispanic male infant presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of constipation and reluctance to breast-feed. His mother, a 19-year-old primigravida, had been breast-feeding every 2 hours during the night and giving her son three bottles of formula during the day. For the first week of life, she had been References 1. Wilcox D, Fiorello A, Glick P. Hypovolemic shock and intestinal ischemia: a preventable complication of incomplete formula labeling . J Pediatr . 1993; 122:103-104.Crossref 2. Lilburne AM, Oates RK, Thompson S, Tong L. Infant feeding in Sydney: a survey of mothers who bottlefeed . Aust Paediatr J . 1988;24:49-54. 3. Abrams C, Phillips L, Berkowitz C, Blackett P, Priebe C. Hazards of overconcentrated milk formula . JAMA . 1975;232:1136-1140.Crossref 4. McJunkin JE, Bithoney WG, McCormick MC. Errors in formula concentration in an outpatient population . J Pediatr . 1987;111( (pt 1) ):848-850.Crossref 5. Coodin FJ, Gabrielson IW, Addiego JE. Formula fatality . Pediatrics . 1971;47: 438-439. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
1072-4710
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170130099024
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Abstract

Abstract Improper mixing of infant formula is common and can have serious adverse effects. Mixing errors have been reported due to incomplete labeling on formula packages,1 heaping or compressing dry formula in the scoop,2 and intentional overdilution or underdilution because of financial need or the desire to bolster caloric intake in a sick3 or small infant.4 We report the case of an infant whose mother was mixing a hyperosmolar formula due to confusing graduated markings on a bottle that she brought home from the hospital after the birth of her infant. Patient Report. An 18-day-old Hispanic male infant presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of constipation and reluctance to breast-feed. His mother, a 19-year-old primigravida, had been breast-feeding every 2 hours during the night and giving her son three bottles of formula during the day. For the first week of life, she had been References 1. Wilcox D, Fiorello A, Glick P. Hypovolemic shock and intestinal ischemia: a preventable complication of incomplete formula labeling . J Pediatr . 1993; 122:103-104.Crossref 2. Lilburne AM, Oates RK, Thompson S, Tong L. Infant feeding in Sydney: a survey of mothers who bottlefeed . Aust Paediatr J . 1988;24:49-54. 3. Abrams C, Phillips L, Berkowitz C, Blackett P, Priebe C. Hazards of overconcentrated milk formula . JAMA . 1975;232:1136-1140.Crossref 4. McJunkin JE, Bithoney WG, McCormick MC. Errors in formula concentration in an outpatient population . J Pediatr . 1987;111( (pt 1) ):848-850.Crossref 5. Coodin FJ, Gabrielson IW, Addiego JE. Formula fatality . Pediatrics . 1971;47: 438-439.

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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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