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Lactation Warnings

For lactation to be recognised by the Drug Check facility, one of the following should be evident on the patient record:

  1. There is a live birth recorded in the Pregnancy Outcome SDA with an event date within the last two years.
  2. One of the following Read codes has been entered in Medical History within the last two years:
    • #1551 H/O Infant Breast Fed
    • #26B6 O/E Lactating Breast
    • #62E3 Feeding Intervention Breast
    • #62P1 Breast Fed
    • #62P5 Breast Feeding Started
    • #ZV241 Examination of Lactating Mother
    • #L46 Obstetric Breast and Lactation Disorders NOS

See also Drug allergy/Insensitivity warning