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Factors influencing breast milk donation to a human milk bank in Iran: implications for policymakers and planners. [PDF]

BMC Nutr
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) actively promotes breastfeeding as the optimal source of nourishment for infants and young children. However, not all newborns have access to breast milk, leading to deprivation of its nutritional benefits ...
Doshmangir L, Naghshi M, Gholipour K, Ahmadi A, Azizi H, Gordeev VS.   +5 more
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Reduction in bacterial culture positivity rates at a human milk bank facility of a tertiary care hospital: a quality improvement initiative. [PDF]

BMJ Open Qual
Background Human milk banks (HMBs) offer the best feed for neonates after mother’s own milk (MOM), especially when MOM is insufficient. Although HMBs are founded on standard protocols, contamination and wastage of milk due to positive milk cultures ...
Vadapalli S, Valvi C, Dawre RM, Bhagat V, Chivale S, Pawar S, Kinikar AA.   +6 more
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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, Moro GE, Tonetto P, De Nisi G, Ambruzzi AM, Biasini A, Profeti C, Gagliardi L, Salvatori G, Bertino E.   +9 more
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A descriptive analysis of human milk dispensed by the Leipzig Donor Human Milk Bank for neonates between 2012 and 2019. [PDF]

Front Nutr, 2023
Background Human milk banking has become an important aspect of Nutritional medicine. It is not just about the provision of mother’s own milk (MOM) or donor human milk (DHM) in the hospital, but also a strategy to encourage breastfeeding in the clinical ...
Siziba LP, Baier C, Pütz E, Ascherl R, Wendt T, Thome UH, Gebauer C, Genuneit J.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Differences in the Microbiological Profile of Raw and Pasteurized Breastmilk from Hospital and Community-Based Donors at the First Human Milk Bank in Vietnam. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2023
Background: Microbiological quality is one of the key safety standards in human milk bank (HMB) operations. We describe the profiles of bacteria in donor human milk (DHM) before and after the pasteurization of samples collected from breastfeeding women ...
Tran HT, Nguyen TT, Nguyen OTX, Huynh LT, Nguyen LT, Nguyen TT, Le HTT, Barnett D, Weaver G, Mathisen R.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Bacillus Cereus prevalence in human milk donations in a North Italy human milk bank [PDF]

Eur J Public Health, 2023
Background The importance of human milk in infants’ diets is well-known in the medical community. Unfortunately, breastfeeding isn't always possible for various reasons, human milk donation represents the main solution to this problem.
M. E. Abdul, G. Magagna, S. Todeschi, G. Finazzi, V. Filipello, F. Rossi, F. M. Risso, E. Pezzotti, E. Dioni, M. Losio   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Eight-year operation status and data analysis of the first human milk bank in East China. [PDF]

Int Breastfeed J, 2022
Background Human milk banks (HMBs) are essential facilities for the selection, collection, testing, transportation,storage, and distribution of DHM for special medical needs.
Xiaoshan H, Xue C, Jun Z, Feng L, Xiaohui C, Zhangbin Y, Shuping H.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Microbiological Quality of Milk Donated to the Regional Human Milk Bank in Warsaw in the First Four Years of Activity. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel), 2022
As the survival rate for preterm infants increases, more emphasis is placed on improving health-related quality of life through optimal nutritional management.
Strom K, Jarzynka S, Minkiewicz-Zochniak A, Barbarska O, Olędzka G, Wesolowska A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Motivators and barriers to the acceptability of a human milk bank among Malaysians [PDF]

PLoS One
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that all babies be exclusively breastfed, stating that donor milk is the next best alternative in the absence of the mother’s own milk.
Ramachandran K, Dahlui M, Nik Farid N.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cost of operating a human milk bank in the UK: a microcosting analysis. [PDF]

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
Objective Globally, demand for donor human milk (DHM) is increasing with WHO guidelines recommending DHM as the first line nutrition for premature infants in the absence or shortfall of maternal milk.
Mistry H, Weaver G, Shenker N.
europepmc   +2 more sources