What are your hospitals doing with placentas after mom is discharged?

[Guest guest]

Some hospitals I worked in tossed them as red bagged medical waste while others allowed them to be picked up by medical research companies at no cost. But I heard that was stopped years ago by the Dept. of Health Services and Joint Commission to prevent the spread of diseases like HIV.

Would like to know what is currently being done around the US.

Gail Neuman RNC BSN CPHW, Notary Public

certified in high risk OB

childbirth/lactation educator & student nurse practitioner

NRP, AHA BLS for Healthcare & Heartsaver Family/Friends instructor

Perinatal Nurse Associates

Baby Your Way Midwifery Associates

801 N. Tustin Ave., Suite 305

Santa Ana, CA 92705