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An Audit of Mastitis in the Emergency Department

Key Centre for Women's Health, University of Melbourne, 720 Swanston St., Carlton 3053, Australia.

Heather Harris, RM, IBCLC

Lisa Andriske, BPharm

Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne.

A medical audit was conducted in 1997 of hospital records of women attending the emergency department of the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, in 1996 with a diagnosis of "mastitis." One hundred and seven women were diagnosed with mastitis; approximately half were primiparous (53%) and the median age of the baby was 14 days. Most women (69%) attended the emergency department after normal working hours. Thirtynine percent of the women were afebrile, and only 27% had a temperature of 38.5C or higher. The majority of women were prescribed flucloxacillin. Milk culture was obtained in only 15 cases, and Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen.

Key Words: breastfeeding • mastitis • management • hospital

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 15, No. 3, 221-224 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/089033449901500312


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