--------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Re: new breastmilk storage guidelines from LLL Date: 97-05-20 11:32:08 EDT From: MKSmithCLC To: [log in to unmask] I think the new LLL guidelines are in line with the HMBANA guidelines listing that refrigeratored breastmilk can be kept for eight days at 4 degrees C (39 degrees F) and actually shows a decrease in bacterial growth. (reference: Pardou, A. Serruys, E, Mascart-lemone, F. et al: Human Milk Banking; Influence of storage processes and of bacterial contamination on some milk constituents. Biol Neonate 65:302-309, 1994) As the original author of the information sheet on Milk Collection and Storage published by Ameda/Engnell as Breastfeeding Answers (even tho the series editor doesn't credit the original author in the revised version) and somewhat of an information collector, I have kept up with the literature on this topic. The most recent HMBANA guidelines are available from Lois Arnold at HMBANA. I don't have an e-mail address for her but check the ILCA directory for her address in CT. Mary Kay Smith Romeoville, IL