Dr Brown’s® slow flow teats available from CMS

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Dr Brown’s® bottles and slow flow teats, to help preterm and medically fragile infants learn to feed orally, are available from Central Medical Supplies (CMS). Providing a slower teat flow rate is the first strategy to safely bottle feeding a premature infant. A teat that flows too fast results in physiologic instability during oral feeding and creates a negative feeding experience. Creating a positive and safe oral feeding experience for premature and medically fragile infants is integral to the success of oral feeding and discharge home from hospital.

Dr Browns® teats consistently demonstrate lower milk flow rates and low coefficient of variation (CV). CV is the standard practice process to measure the consistency of teat flow rates, with the higher the number the more variability. Low variability allows an infant to expect the same flow rate consistency with each feeding, which can help promote the development of skills. The milk flow rates and CV rates for Dr Brown’s® teats are shown in the following table:

Besides improved feeding outcomes, there are also cost and environmental benefits of using a reusable bottle and teat versus a single-use disposable bottle and single use teat. Findings from an investigation, carried out by CMS, show that over a one month period maternity units could save £237 per bottle fed infant each month, by using a reusable Dr Brown’s® bottle and teat. Switching to the reusable option would also reduce the amount of plastic being disposed of by 7kg per month.1

For more information on Dr Brown’s® bottles and teats, contact Tracey Pavier-Grant, Sales & Marketing Director at Central Medical Supplies, on 01538 392 596, email tracey@centralmedical.co.uk or visit www.centralmedical.co.uk

Staff Writer