Human milk banking

Top 10 research priorities for human milk banking and use of donor human milk: A partnership between parents and clinicians

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health ◽

10.1111/jpc.14742 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 56 (5) ◽

pp. 770-776 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eliza Matthews ◽

Carmel T Collins ◽

Vanessa Ellison ◽

Lee Hussey ◽

Jo Slade ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Milk ◽

Research Priorities ◽

Donor Human Milk ◽

Human Milk Banking ◽

Milk Banking

Awareness Regarding Human Milk Banking Among Antenatal Mothers

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research ◽

10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.03.389 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (03) ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Milk ◽

Human Milk Banking ◽

Milk Banking

KNOWLEDGE ON HUMAN MILK BANKING AMONG PAEDIATRIC STAFF NURSES

THE RESEARCH RESERVOIR ◽

10.47211/trr.2021.v07i01.014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sr. Moncy Francis francis ◽

Dr. Bimla rani

Keyword(s):

Human Milk ◽

Best Practice ◽

Newborn Care ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Essential Newborn Care ◽

Human Milk Banking ◽

Milk Banking ◽

Level Of Knowledge

Background: Breastfeeding is considered as the best practice which results in optimum growth and development of infants. According to WHO and UNICEF, donor’s human milk is considered as the best alternative in situations where the mother is not able to provide adequate breast milk due to unavoidable circumstances. Objective: The objective of the study is to assess the knowledge level of paediatric staff nurses regarding Human Milk banking and to find out the association of knowledge level with their demographic variables Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in a selected hospital of Idukki district in Kerala. The data were collected from 45 Paediatric staff nurses regarding human milk banking by convenience sampling method with the use of a structured questionnaire. Results: The data results revealed that 50% of samples belonged to the age group 19 to 27 and 28 to 36 years; the majority of the samples (72%) were Christians; half of the samples (58%) were graduates; and majority of them (62%) were housewives. Concerning the level of knowledge, 15.5% of them had poor, 69% had average and 15.5% had a good level of knowledge regarding essential newborn care.

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.65.4.854 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 854-857

Author(s):

Lewis A. Barness ◽

Peter R. Dallman ◽

Homer Anderson ◽

Platon Jack Collipp ◽

Buford L. Nichols ◽

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Keyword(s):

Weight Gain ◽

Birth Weight ◽

Low Birth Weight ◽

Human Milk ◽

Newborn Infants ◽

Fresh Milk ◽

Human Milk Banking ◽

Milk Banking ◽

Low Incidence ◽

The Cost

The experience of Finnish workers, as well as that of others, shows that the banking of heattreated and frozen human milk is a practical and safe means of feeding low-birth-weight newborn infants. The continuous and exclusive use of human milk is associated with a low incidence of infection and with a rate of survival which is among the highest reported.4 The rate of growth and weight gain is also considered satisfactory, although there is some controversy about whether weight gain is quite as rapid as in formula-fed infants.28 Long-term studies should be carried out to see if these infants grow and develop as well, or better than, those on formula feedings. It is still uncertain whether banked human milk will prove sufficiently superior to formula with respect to its nutritional and immunologic characteristics to compensate for the difficulties of maintaining bacteriologic control and to warrant the cost of setting up and running a milk bank for premature infants. At this time, the Committee considers it optimal for mothers of low-birth-weight newborn infants to collect their milk for feeding their own infants fresh milk.29 Once home, the mothers can freeze the expressed milk and organize for transportation of samples on a regular basis. However, since this procedure will be impossible or impractical for many infants, bacteriologically safe milk from a donor seems a reasonable alternative for these infants.