Nancy Wight is a stalwart and steadfast promoter of breast milk for
prematures.  I've had the privilege of speaking with her on the lecture
circuit, and accompanying her as she visited a NICU at an Atlanta hospital.
The whole thrust of her communication with staff there was to encourage the
use of human milk in the neonatal intensive care environment for all the
reasons we talk about here on Lactnet.  It is possible for stored milk to be
contaminated with pathogens that are problematic if fed to fragile infants.
It also is possible, though rare for human milk to have deficiencies, and
there is variability of caloric values that has to be factored into the
feeding of preemies, among other issues.  All milk banks, for instance, use
careful screening and post-processing bacteriologic testing in order to
protect babies because contamination does occasionally occur.

Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS, IBCLC
Austin Lactation Associates
LactNews Press
www.lactnews.com

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