Best Practices to Limit Contamination of Donor Milk in a Milk Bank
JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 2018Human milk donated to a milk bank can become contaminated in a number of ways, but processes exist to eradicate pathogenic bacterial growth. Donor human milk may be cultured before or after pasteurization or both. The purpose of this article is to describe standard operations of the Mothers' Milk Bank of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, best ...
Diane L. Spatz, Elizabeth B Froh
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Donor Human Milk Banking and the Emergence of Milk Sharing
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2013Donor 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 T, Hartmann
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Cost and Use of Pasteurized Donor Human Milk at a Children’s Hospital
JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 2018Diane L. Spatz, Elizabeth B Froh
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"Donor milk banking: Improving the future". A survey on the operation of the European donor human milk banks. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundProvision of donor human milk is handled by established human milk banks that implement all required measures to ensure its safety and quality.
Eva Kontopodi +19 more
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CanDo (Canadian Donor Milk) randomised controlled trial: pasteurised human donor milk supplementation in the well-baby unit – protocol [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction Mother’s milk is the gold standard for feeding newborns. Despite lactation support while in hospital, supplementation rates remain high in Canadian well-baby units at 35–50%.
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The Use of Saliva Samples to Test for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Newborns: Examination of False-Positive Samples Associated with Donor Milk Use [PDF]
International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2023 A universal screening research study was conducted in six hospitals to identify the clinical sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on newborn dried blood spots (DBSs) versus saliva specimens for the diagnosis of congenital ...
Whitney Wunderlich +5 more
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Improving the composition of donor milk using machine learning and optimisation techniques. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackground and aimsThe macronutrient composition of donor human milk (DHM) can vary substantially due to several factors such as maternal age, diet, and lactation duration.
Jacqueline Muts +7 more
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EGF and IgA in maternal milk, donor milk, and milk fortifiers in the neonatal intensive care unit setting. [PDF]
PLoS ONEHuman milk contains a variety of factors that positively contribute to neonatal health, including epidermal growth factor (EGF) and immunoglobulin A (IgA). When maternal milk cannot be the primary diet, maternal milk alternatives like donor human milk or
Christian Tamar +5 more
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Insulin, Testosterone, and Albumin in Term and Preterm Breast Milk, Donor Milk, and Infant Formula [PDF]
Nutrients, 2023 Robert D Roghair +2 more
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