HMBANA guidelines state that donors are not paid (page 8). So, it would not
be following the guidelines to pay or compensate in some way. Part of the
reason non-profit donor milk banks have had such a good safety record is
that we are very cautious and have several levels of screening, as
mentioned. However, as someone pointed out, the milk is collected in the
home and so it would be riskier to pay versus paying for blood or semen
which are collected in more controlled settings. Unfortunately, one cannot
assume that just because a woman is breastfeeding her baby and is willing to
donate that she is not abusing drugs or would not alter the milk if she
could get paid more (she could add water, milk from another species,
tc.). --Sarah Bradley
Dear Friends:
What's wrong with paying women for their milk, as long as HMBANA
guidelines are followed?
Blood donors aren't paid anymore because alcoholics and drug abusers
would give blood to get money to buy more drugs. Yuk! Blood can't be
pasteurized, so is always a bit risky. Semen can't be pasteurized either,
and is a bit
risky for that reason.
Human milk is screened at three levels: the mother is screened by
history, by blood testing, and then the milk is cultured and pasteurized. I
wish
donor blood could be as safe to receive as donor milk.
So what's wrong with paying women?
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
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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