Breastfeeding and human milk bank in a neonatal intensive care unit: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in an Italian cohort of very low birth weight infants. [PDF]
Int Breastfeed J, 2022 Background Parental stress in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) is well known, as is the stress induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. This combination might increase stress to the extent of affecting the availability of maternal expressed milk and the ...
Bresesti I +7 more
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Motivators and barriers to the acceptability of a human milk bank among Malaysians [PDF]
PLoS OneThe 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.
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The Unsung Heroes: The Profile of the Donor at a Southern Italian Milk Bank and Driving Factors in Human Milk Donation [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: One of the most effective strategies to mitigate morbidity associated with preterm birth is the use of human milk. The first choice is the mother’s milk; if that is not available, human milk donated to milk banks is the second ...
Pasqua Anna Quitadamo +8 more
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What is known about human milk bank donors around the world: a systematic scoping review. [PDF]
Public Health Nutr, 2022 Objective: The WHO recommends that low birth weight infants receive donor human milk (DHM) when mother’s milk is not available. Systematic reviews have been published regarding clinical outcomes of infants receiving DHM, as well as the impact of ...
Gutierrez Dos Santos B, Perrin MT.
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Trends and Dynamics in the First Four Years of Operation of the First Human Milk Bank in Vietnam. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Background: Since 1979, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have recommended the use of pasteurized human milk from a human milk bank (HMB) to feed low birthweight (LBW) and preterm newborns as the ‘first ...
Tran HT +9 more
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Maternal and Child NutritionPasteurised donor human milk is recommended for very low birthweight infants who do not have access to their mother's milk. Although the use of donor milk continues to increase, little is known about the donation experiences of milk bank donors. We aimed
Bruna Gutierrez dosSantos +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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Clinical Results of the Implementation of a Breast Milk Bank in Premature Infants (under 37 Weeks) at the Hospital Universitario del Valle 2018-2020. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Breast milk is widely recognized as the best source of nutrition for both full term and premature babies. We aimed to identify clinical results of the implementation of a breast milk bank for premature infants under 37 weeks in a level III hospital.
Torres-Muñoz J +4 more
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Bacillus cereus Induces Severe Infections in Preterm Neonates: Implication at the Hospital and Human Milk Bank Level. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2021 Human breast milk (HBM) is a source of essential nutrients for infants and is particularly recommended for preterm neonates when their own mother’s milk is not available.
Cormontagne D +5 more
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Bacillus cereus as a Major Cause of Discarded Pasteurized Human Banked Milk: A Single Human Milk Bank Experience. [PDF]
Foods, 2021 A systematic study, performed from 2017–2020 looked at the rate of positive post-pasteurization B. cereus findings, the quantity of B. cereus in pasteurized banked human milk (PBM), and the rate of B. cereus toxicogenic isolates from PBM.
Jandová M +8 more
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