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Naomi Bar-Yam <[log in to unmask]>
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Stacie,
As far as I know all milk banks in the US, Canada and Great Britain 
pasteurize their donated milk. I read that milk banks in Germany do not 
all pasteurize their milk. I do not know if this is still the case. Are 
lactnetters in Germany aware of milk bank policies there?

The NICUs most likely to use banked milk are those in communities with 
milk banks. Unfortunately, that is only a handful of cities in the US 
and Canada. Check out the website of the Human Milk Bank Association of 
North America (HMBANA.org) for more info.

Milk is like blood in that it is a bodily fluid being passed from one 
person to the other. Some diseases can be transmitted through blood, 
some through milk, they are not necessarily the same diseases. Blood is 
not pasteurized, milk is. I assume that both blood and milk donation 
sites have informed consent forms for donors and recipients. I imagine 
the forms are similar but not the same.

Hope this is helpful.

Naomi Bar-Yam
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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
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Researcher, Writer, Educator
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