About the Program This recognition is for facilities that do not provide any formula company-sponsored gift/diaper bags, which often include formula and/or formula company-sponsored materials. This includes gifts with formula company logos, such as breastfeeding covers. Research has shown that distribution of formula marketing materials has been shown to decrease breastfeeding initiation and duration rates. Click below to see previously recognized hospitals: 2015 Hospitals 2016 Hospitals 2017 Hospitals 2018 Hospitals 2019 Hospitals 2020 Hospitals 2021 Hospitals OHA, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Lactation Consultant Association and Ohio Breastfeeding Alliance are pleased to announce that the following hospitals have achieved recognition as being a "Bag Free" facility in 2022.
Bag Free Facilities - 2022 Adena Regional Medical Center Atrium Medical Center Aultman Orrville Hospital Avita Ontario Hospital Blanchard Valley Hospital Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital CMH Regional Health System Community Hospitals & Wellness Centers - Bryan Hospital Fairfield Medical Center Firelands Regional Medical Center Fisher-Titus Medical Center Fulton County Health Center Galion Community Hospital Genesis Hospital Grand Lake Health System Henry County Hospital Holzer Gallipolis Kettering Health Hamilton Kettering Health Main Campus Kettering Health Washington Township Knox Community Hospital Licking Memorial Hospital Lima Memorial Health System Mary Rutan Hospital Mercer Health Mercy Health - Anderson Hospital Mercy Health - Lorain Hospital Mercy Health - St. Joseph Warren Hospital Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital Mercy Health - West Hospital MetroHealth Medical Center Miami Valley Hospital Mount Carmel East Mount Carmel Grove City Mount Carmel St. Ann's OhioHealth Doctor's Hospital OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital OhioHealth Grant Medical Center OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital OhioHealth Marion General Hospital OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital OhioHealth Shelby Hospital OhioHealth Southeastern Medical Center Pomerene Hospital ProMedica Bay Park Hospital ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital Soin Medical Center Southern Ohio Medical Center Southwest General Health Center Summa Akron City Hospital Summa Barberton Hospital The Bellevue Hospital The Christ Hospital The Christ Hospital Medical Center – Liberty Township University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center University Hospitals MacDonald Women's Hospital University Hospitals Portage Medical Center University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center University Hospitals St. John Medical Center University Hospitals TriPoint Medical Center Upper Valley Medical Center Wayne Healthcare Wilson Health Wood County Hospital Wooster Community Hospital Wright-Patterson Medical Center