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Human Milk Banks: A Narrative Review [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2020 Introduction: Not all mothers can provide sufficient milk, and infants admitted to a neonatal ward are less likely to be exclusively breastfed. Current recommendations are for the use of mother’s own milk (MOM), and pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) is
José-Sousa Vale +3 more
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High-Temperature Short-Time Pasteurization System for Donor Milk in a Human Milk Bank Setting
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Donor milk is the best alternative for the feeding of preterm newborns when mother's own milk is unavailable. For safety reasons, it is usually pasteurized by the Holder method (62.5°C for 30 min).
Diana Escuder-Vieco +8 more
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Donor milk intake and infant growth in a South African neonatal unit: a cohort study
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2018 Background Implications of donor milk feedings on infant growth in resource limited settings remain uncertain. This knowledge gap includes the impact of donor milk availability on infant intake of mother’s own milk. Therefore, this investigation aimed to
Hayley Sparks +3 more
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Characteristics of the First Human Milk Bank in Taiwan
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2013 The benefits of feeding human milk to infants, even in prematurity, have been well documented. Well-organized donor milk processing has made the milk bank a good source of nutrition for premature or sick infants if their own mother's milk is not ...
Fang-Yuan Chang +3 more
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The global status of human milk banking
Maternal and Child NutritionHuman milk provides essential nutrition for infants and holds many health benefits for infants and mothers. When a mother's own milk is not available for her infant, the World Health Organization recommends feeding donor human milk (DHM) from a human ...
Kiersten Israel‐Ballard +2 more
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Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2021 INTRODUCTION: Donor breastfeeding is the best natural feeding. Especially in high-risk and preterm infants, donor breast milk is the best source of nutrition.
Hussainbi A Tahasildar +1 more
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Review of current best practices for human milk banking
Maternal and Child NutritionMother's/parent milk is the optimal way to feed infants and when unavailable, supplemental donor human milk is preferred. A safe supply of donor human milk should be available for all low birthweight infants for whom it has been shown to reduce morbidity.
Sharon L. Unger, Deborah L. O'Connor
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Global health policies that support the use of banked donor human milk: a human rights issue
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2006 This review examines the role of donor human milk banking in international human rights documents and global health policies. For countries looking to improve child health, promotion, protection and support of donor human milk banks has an important role
Arnold Lois DW
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Mothers’ Views on Donor Milk and Human Milk Banks
Pediatrics & Neonatal Biology Open Access, 2022 Aim: The goal of this study is to find out what factors affect mothers’ knowledge and perspectives about wet-nursing and human milk banking. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, and comparative research project. 295 mothers volunteered to take part in the study.
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Current Developments in NutritionBackground: Donor human milk is recommended for the nutritionally vulnerable preterm infant; however, there is conflicting or limited information on how the pasteurization techniques used on donor milk influence its nutritional and immune properties ...
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