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There have been a couple of queries re storage.  The Milk Banking Assoc.
of N.A. guidelines, 1993 strongly discourage the use of polyethelene bags.
 The titres of secretory IGA antibodies to E.Coli polysaccarides decrease
by as much as 60% when milk is stored in them, dramatically reducing
the amt. of protection available to the infant.  Some vitamins are also
lost with polyethelene.  They are difficult to seal, puncture easily, and
are therefore an increased risk of contamination.  I personally have had
quite a few mothers end up with spoiled milk when they've been used.

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******Joan M. Fisher, RN, BN, MEd, IBCLC******
***********Ottawa, Ontario, Canada************
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