Establishment, operation and development of a donor human milk bank

Biasini, Augusto; Stella, Marcello; Malaigia, Laura; China, Mariachiara; Azzalli, Milena; Laguardia, Maria Chiara; Rizzo, Vittoria

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.07.005

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“…4,6,7 With new technologies and improved viral and bacterial testing, human milk banks have been reintroduced in many neonatal intensive care units around the world, including in Australia. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] A milk bank was established at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in October 2012, and since then, PDHM has been offered as a substitute for mother's own milk for all preterm babies born before 34 weeks gestational age when their mothers do not produce enough milk for their babies (A Cashin-Garbutt, pers. comm., 2012).…”

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Factors associated with infants receiving their mother's own breast milk on discharge from hospital in a unit where pasteurised donor human milk is available

Tshamala

Pelecanos

Davies

2018

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Factors associated with infants receiving their mother's own breast milk on discharge from hospital in a unit where pasteurised donor human milk is available

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Pelecanos

Davies

2018

J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…Breast milk bank is defined as "a safe institution for the collection, processing and distribution of donated breast milk" [1] and is based on the concept of "wet-nursing" [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Through the pasteurization of breast milk at breast milk banks, harmful pathogens inside the milk are removed while also many of the biologically-active contents are preserved.…”

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“…Through the pasteurization of breast milk at breast milk banks, harmful pathogens inside the milk are removed while also many of the biologically-active contents are preserved. Therefore, breast milk banks are an important alternative for infants who cannot receive breast milk [1,4,13,15].…”

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“…Mothers who have sufficient knowledge about this matter accepted their infants to be given donor breast milk and as a result, it was observed that infants gained more weight and some of the birthrelated complications were diminished. In this context, wet nursing and breast milk banks are good alternatives in reaching donor breast milk in a healthy way to infants while protecting its contents [1,15].…”

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“…Breast milk is the most important nutritional source for the physical, cognitive and social development of infants. Breast milk is effective in newborns both in short term health outcomes and in long term growth and development [1][2][3][4]. Conditions such as diarrhea, allergies, sudden infant death syndrome and diabetes are observed less in infants who are breastfed.…”

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Wet-Nurse and Breast Milk Bank

Yiğit¹,

Şayık²,

Açıkgöz³

2018

J Pat Care

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Breastmilk is a natural, easy-to-digest food with high-bioavailability that meets the neonate's optimum growth and development needs in terms of the components it contains. Breastmilk and breastfeeding have many benefits for both the baby and the mother. However, some infants cannot be breastfed after birth for various reasons (mother's death, etc.). For such situations, the WHO, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health (Turkey) propose that another mother can breastfeed the infant. The concept of "mother's milk bank", which has been practiced in our country for many years, corresponds to this suggestion. However, the prevalence of diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis and the rapid growth of the formula industry have led to the abandonment of this traditional practice over the years. In many countries, mother's milk banks have been established to solve this problem. However, the few studies done in our country show that there are divergent views on the establishment of mother's milk banks. As a result, the possibility of creating an acceptable version of mother's milk bank in our country needs to be discussed. As an another result, instead of the mother's milk banks, "wet nurse centers" can be established to offer the same service in Turkey. Thus, the project of reviving "wet nurse and milk sibling" can be an effective solution. The aim of this study is to draw the attention of the community and the health personnel to the concept of wet-nurse and breast milk bank.

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