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Donor Human Milk Banking and the Emergence of Milk Sharing

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2013
Donor human milk has emerged as the preferred substrate to feed extremely preterm infants, when mother's own milk is unavailable. This article summarizes the clinical data demonstrating the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of feeding donor human milk to premature babies.
Susan Landers, Ben Hartmann, Ben Hartmann   +2 more
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Vital Human Milk: Implementing a Donor Milk Program [PDF]

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, Margaret Murphy, Eileen Magri   +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 and recipient safety in human milk banking

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2022
AimAustralian Red Cross Lifeblood supplies pasteurised donor human milk (PDHM) to more than 30 partner hospitals across Australia. Preterm infants who receive PDHM are a highly vulnerable population but formal biovigilance programs are rare in human milk banking.
Vanessa Clifford, Laura D Klein, Richard Brown, Christine Sulfaro, Veronica Hoad, Iain B Gosbell, Joanne Pink   +6 more
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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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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 Current State of Donor Human Milk Use and Practice

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2021
AbstractHuman milk contains nutrients and immune factors that promote health and growth of an infant. Donor human milk is recommended as the best alternative for infants whose mothers’ breast milk is unavailable. This article describes the current status of donor human milk practice and suggests the areas of educational and research needs.
Yeon Bai, Jennifer Kuscin
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Establishing a Community Donor Human Milk Depot [PDF]

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2014
Poster Presentation Purpose for the Program There is a critical shortage of donor human milk (DHM) in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics (APA) recommends that all preterm and compromised infants have their mothers' breast milk, but when it is not available, pasteurized DHM is the next best nutrition.
Stacie L. Gehring, Colleen A. Andrew, Brigit Zamora, Shiree D. Nichols   +3 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.
Georgia B. Morrow, Betsy A. List, Sheela R. Geraghty   +2 more
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Macronutrient content of donor human breast milk

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