Help Lisa raise money for The Coombe Neonatal Unit
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When our twin boys Fiachra and Liam were born prematurely last April, they spent almost three weeks in the Neonatal Unit at The Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital until they were ready to come home. We will never forget the excellent and compassionate care the Neonatal Unit staff showed the twins and us.
I will run 100 kilometers in the month of March to show a fraction of our gratitude to the fantastic staff of the Neonatal Unit.
I hope to raise money for the hospital's charity, Friends of the Coombe. Friends of the Coombe are currently fundraising for a new LacSure computerised breastmilk tracking system for the Neonatal Unit. Any money I raise will go towards acquiring this innovative and exciting new piece of equipment.
Can you help me by donating the cost of your morning coffee or lockdown weekend takeaway?
I would really appreciate donations of any size.
Your donation will help to keep me motivated while running 100 kilometers around the parks and roads of South Dublin this March, and go towards continuing to provide excellent care for some of Ireland's smallest and sickest babies.
Thank you,
Lisa x
FRIENDS OF THE COOMBE
Friends of the Coombe is the registered charity of the Coombe Women & Infants University
Hospital. Since it was founded in 1826, the Coombe Women & Infants University
Hospital has distinguished itself as a world-class medical centre of
excellence, providing care for babies and women of all ages.
The hospital is one of the largest and most comprehensive providers of
women and infant healthcare in Europe and, as a national referral
hospital, takes care of patients with the most complex of obstetric,
paediatric and gynaecological conditions from right across the country
and across the island of Ireland.
ABOUT THE LACSURE SYSTEM
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Coombe Women & Infants University
Hospital cares for up to 40 babies at any one point in time, all of whom
need to be fed between eight and 12 times a day. Staff are managing
anything up to 480 feeds in any one 24-hour period which equates to more
than 175,000 feeds a year!
Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit need to be fed every two hours.
When a mum expresses her milk, each bottle is labelled and recorded before
going into refrigerated storage. It is then checked and double checked
before being given to her baby.
Maternal breastmilk is the optimum nutrition for a baby who is very unwell
or born prematurely. However, mothers can often struggle to express any
or enough of their own milk in the first few days after birth. Because of
this, some babies receive breastmilk donated to the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit by a milk bank which recruits and screens donors, checks,
processes, stores and distributes the milk.
The high-tech computerised LacSure system is similar to the technology
used in blood banks. It manages expressed maternal milk and, for the
first time for the hospital, donated milk too.
Using the LacSure system, each mum is given a barcode label which matches
the barcode on her baby’s wristband. When mum has expressed her milk, she
puts her barcode on the bottle. It is scanned into the computer and then
placed into the refrigerator. The same process is applied to donated milk
which is labelled, recorded and stored as soon as it arrives at the unit.
When it comes to feeding time, the label on the bottle is scanned along
with the baby’s wristband and hospital ID number. There is an in-built
alert system which prevents the wrong milk being given to the wrong baby,
as well as a full traceability system which provides parents with extra
peace of mind. And, because the barcode scanner and computer are doing
the checking work, there is no need for a second member of staff to double
check the paper records. All this information is stored within the system
allowing staff to access comprehensive, fully traceable feeding records
for every baby being cared for in the Neonatal Unit
instantaneously if they need to.
When our twin boys Fiachra and Liam were born prematurely last April, they spent almost three weeks in the Neonatal Unit at The Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital until they were ready to come home. We will never forget the excellent and compassionate care the Neonatal Unit staff showed the twins and us.
I will run 100 kilometers in the month of March to show a fraction of our gratitude to the fantastic staff of the Neonatal Unit.
I hope to raise money for the hospital's charity, Friends of the Coombe. Friends of the Coombe are currently fundraising for a new LacSure computerised breastmilk tracking system for the Neonatal Unit. Any money I raise will go towards acquiring this innovative and exciting new piece of equipment.
Can you help me by donating the cost of your morning coffee or lockdown weekend takeaway?
I would really appreciate donations of any size.
Your donation will help to keep me motivated while running 100 kilometers around the parks and roads of South Dublin this March, and go towards continuing to provide excellent care for some of Ireland's smallest and sickest babies.
Thank you,
Lisa x
FRIENDS OF THE COOMBE
Friends of the Coombe is the registered charity of the Coombe Women & Infants University
Hospital. Since it was founded in 1826, the Coombe Women & Infants University
Hospital has distinguished itself as a world-class medical centre of
excellence, providing care for babies and women of all ages.
The hospital is one of the largest and most comprehensive providers of
women and infant healthcare in Europe and, as a national referral
hospital, takes care of patients with the most complex of obstetric,
paediatric and gynaecological conditions from right across the country
and across the island of Ireland.
ABOUT THE LACSURE SYSTEM
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Coombe Women & Infants University
Hospital cares for up to 40 babies at any one point in time, all of whom
need to be fed between eight and 12 times a day. Staff are managing
anything up to 480 feeds in any one 24-hour period which equates to more
than 175,000 feeds a year!
Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit need to be fed every two hours.
When a mum expresses her milk, each bottle is labelled and recorded before
going into refrigerated storage. It is then checked and double checked
before being given to her baby.
Maternal breastmilk is the optimum nutrition for a baby who is very unwell
or born prematurely. However, mothers can often struggle to express any
or enough of their own milk in the first few days after birth. Because of
this, some babies receive breastmilk donated to the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit by a milk bank which recruits and screens donors, checks,
processes, stores and distributes the milk.
The high-tech computerised LacSure system is similar to the technology
used in blood banks. It manages expressed maternal milk and, for the
first time for the hospital, donated milk too.
Using the LacSure system, each mum is given a barcode label which matches
the barcode on her baby’s wristband. When mum has expressed her milk, she
puts her barcode on the bottle. It is scanned into the computer and then
placed into the refrigerator. The same process is applied to donated milk
which is labelled, recorded and stored as soon as it arrives at the unit.
When it comes to feeding time, the label on the bottle is scanned along
with the baby’s wristband and hospital ID number. There is an in-built
alert system which prevents the wrong milk being given to the wrong baby,
as well as a full traceability system which provides parents with extra
peace of mind. And, because the barcode scanner and computer are doing
the checking work, there is no need for a second member of staff to double
check the paper records. All this information is stored within the system
allowing staff to access comprehensive, fully traceable feeding records
for every baby being cared for in the Neonatal Unit
instantaneously if they need to.
Organizer
Lisa Enright
Organizer
County Dublin