In a message dated 10/25/2004 11:18:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Has there  ever been a case of HIV transmission through banked milk?
Does anyone have  a reference on it?


Dear Friends:
    Naomi asks an interesting question. The person to  answer would be Lois
Arnold, at the Center for Breastfeeding. She knows more  about donor milk than
any other human on the planet, and LOVES to talk about  it.
    Banked milk goes through 3 levels of safety checks  (maternal history,
maternal serology, and culture) in addition to being  pasteurized. I wish banked
donor blood could be as safe.
    warmly,


Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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