How much does a liter of donor human milk cost? Cost analysis of operating a human milk bank in Italy [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022 Background To date, 40 Human Milk Banks (HMB) have been established in Italy; however, recent cost analysis data for operating an HMB in Italy are not available in the literature. Methods This study was a cross-sectional study performed at “Bambino Gesù”
Guglielmo Salvatori +8 more
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Understanding the current and future usage of donor human milk in hospitals: An online survey of UK neonatal units. [PDF]
Matern Child Nutr, 2023 The use of donor human milk (DHM) where there is a shortfall of maternal milk can benefit both infant and maternal outcomes but DHM supply is not always assured.
Shenker NS +5 more
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Protein and Immune Component Content of Donor Human Milk in Japan: Variation with Gestational and Postpartum Age. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2023 Donor human milk (DHM) is the second-best nutrition for preterm infants when their own mother’s milk is unavailable. The nutrient content of human milk is influenced by various factors, including gestational and postpartum age, but there are no data ...
Tanaka M +5 more
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Donor human milk versus infant formula for low-risk infants: a systematic review. [PDF]
Pediatr ResThere is an increasing acceptance and use of donor human milk (DHM) in healthy infants. This review investigates the benefits and risks of mothers’ own milk (MOM) supplementation with DHM compared to infant formula (IF) in moderate-late preterm (MLP) and
McClintock T +6 more
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Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population [PDF]
Children, 2022 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the use of donor human milk in infants when mother’s own milk is not available. Our objective was to analyze whether the use of donor human milk in preterm, very-low-birth-weight (VLBW,
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Donor human milk: the influence of processing technologies on its nutritional and microbial composition [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionHuman milk is regarded as the gold standard nutrition for newborn infants, providing all nutrients required for adequate growth and development from birth to 6 months.
Ruth Conboy-Stephenson +7 more
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The Effects of Thermal Pasteurisation, Freeze-Drying, and Gamma-Irradiation on the Antibacterial Properties of Donor Human Milk [PDF]
Foods, 2021 The most common pasteurisation method used by human milk banks is Holder pasteurisation. This involves thermal processing, which can denature important proteins and can potentially reduce the natural antimicrobial properties found in human milk.
Katherine Blackshaw +6 more
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Receiving screened donor human milk for their infant supports parental wellbeing: a mixed-methods study. [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2022 Background Access to donor human milk (DHM) has primarily been based on the health and development outcomes of premature infants but there has been little examination of the broader impact of an infant receiving it upon parental mental health ...
Brown A, Shenker N.
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Recommendations for the establishment and operation of a donor human milk bank. [PDF]
Nutr Rev, 2023 In Europe, an increasing number of human milk banks (HMBs) collect donor human milk to feed preterm infants when their mother’s milk is not available or not enough.
Arslanoglu S +9 more
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Investigating donor human milk composition globally to develop effective strategies for the nutritional care of preterm infants: Study protocol. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Background Globally, almost 15 million infants are born prematurely each year, disproportionately affecting low and middle-income countries. In the absence of mother’s milk, the World Health Organization recommends using donor human milk (DHM) due to its
Perrin MT +11 more
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