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Characterization of Human Milk Donors

Journal of Human Lactation, 2007
The primary objective of this research was to create a detailed characterization of human milk donors, including descriptive information about demographics and lifestyle, involvement with the milk bank, reasons for donating, problems encountered while breastfeeding and pumping milk, barriers to donating milk, affective experiences, and personal values.
Richard, Osbaldiston, Leigh A, Mingle
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Cost analysis showed that feeding preterm infants with donor human milk was significantly more expensive than mother’s milk or formula [PDF]

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 2020
Aim This study analysed the comparative cost of feeding donor human milk to preterm infants compared to mother's own milk and formula. Methods A document and process analysis and a time measurement study were carried out at the milk bank of the ...
Matthias Heckmann, Anja Lange, Axel Kramer   +2 more
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Immunomodulatory Constituents of Human Donor Milk

Breastfeeding Medicine, 2020
Mother's own human milk is the best nutrition for infants, especially preterm very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) (≤1,500 g) infants, because of its immune-modulatory constituents that strengthen the infant's host defense, provide protection against infections, and decrease the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
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Donor Human Milk for Preterm Infants

Pediatrics, 2012
The evidence appraisal in this revised American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement endorses the practice of supporting mothers to express breast milk for their preterm infants using evidence-based interventions. The challenge is to ensure that these are implemented consistently and …
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The Ethics of Donor Human Milk Banking

Breastfeeding Medicine, 2006
This case study of donor human milk banking and the ethics that govern interested parties is the first time the ethics of donor milk banking has been explored.Two different models of ethics and their direct impact on donor milk banking are examined: biomedical ethics and public health ethics.
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Macronutrient content of donor human breast milk

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2013
Background Nutritional analysis of donated human milk has been suggested as a means of optimising its use. Methods We analysed pooled, single donor milk samples using the MIRIS Human Milk Analyser to obtain values for fat, protein, lactose and ...
Andrew Ross, Cooper, Debbie, Barnett, Emma, Gentles, Lorraine, Cairns, Judith Helen, Simpson   +4 more
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Guidelines for Establishing a Donor Human Milk Depot

Journal of Human Lactation, 2009
Human milk is the preferred choice for infant feeding. When a sick or premature infant’s own mother’s milk is unavailable, donor human milk is becoming more widely used. Many potential milk donors do not live within close proximity to the 10 North American not-for-profit milk banks.
Sheela R, Geraghty, Betsy A, List, Georgia B, Morrow   +2 more
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Vital Human Milk: Implementing a Donor Milk Program

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2013
Newborn Care Poster Presentation Purpose for the Program Preterm infants are at considerable risk of increased morbidity and mortality. They have a higher risk of learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, sensory deficits, respiratory illnesses, and gastrointestinal illnesses.
Karen Hylton‐McGuire, Eileen Magri, Margaret Murphy   +2 more
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Vitamin A in donor human milk: An experimental study

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Abstract Background We aimed to analyze vitamin A content in pooled donor human milk (DHM) and determine enteral vitamin A intake after fortification (NCT05742815). Methods We analyzed pooled ...
Amy Gates, Sarah D. Maria, Nathan A. Meredith, Thomas Houslay, Brian K. Stansfield   +4 more
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Donor Human Milk for Premature Infants

ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, 2013
Human milk has many well-established health benefits for both term and premature infants. When mother’s own milk is unavailable, pasteurized donor human milk feeding has become a standard of care for sick and premature infants in many neonatal intensive care units.
Julie Wagner, Corrine Hanson, Ann Anderson Berry   +2 more
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