TABLE 2.
Among hospitals not implementing ideala rooming-in practices, reasons healthy full-term breastfed infants are removed from their mothers’ room, mPINC 2007–2015
| Reasons | Number of hospitals (5-y range) | Percentage of hospitals reporting removing >50% of infants for the following reasons | Percentage point change (2007–2015) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||
| Pediatric rounds | 1742–2250 | 60.0 | 58.9 | 46.9 | 42.1 | 35.5 | −24.5 |
| Hearing test | 1758–2277 | 86.5 | 85.3 | 80.6 | 77.1 | 73.2 | −13.3 |
| Heel stick | 1763–2266 | 84.2 | 83.8 | 76.1 | 71.3 | 65.6 | −18.6 |
| Infant photos | 1705–2184 | 61.8 | 54.5 | 41.9 | 34.1 | 25.4 | −36.4 |
| Infant’s bath | 1746–2257 | 65.4 | 64.0 | 52.5 | 46.3 | 40.2 | −25.2 |
a
Ideal defined as ≥90% of infants rooming-in >23 h per day.