Brooke asked for some research on the stability of frozen pasteurised donor
milk.

See the study below which looked at microbial growth.

 

Penny Reimers

IBCLC

South Africa

 

 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25770076> J Hum Lact. 2015
Aug;31(3):401-5. doi: 10.1177/0890334415576512. Epub 2015 Mar 13.

Pasteurized Donor Human Milk Maintains Microbiological Purity for 4 Days at
4°C.

 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Vickers%20AM%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t
rue&cauthor_uid=25770076> Vickers AM1,
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Starks-Solis%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauth
or=true&cauthor_uid=25770076> Starks-Solis S2,
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hill%20DR%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true
&cauthor_uid=25770076> Hill DR3,
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Newburg%20DS%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t
rue&cauthor_uid=25770076> Newburg DS4.

RESULTS: No evidence of microbial growth was observed in cultured samples
taken at 0 to 9 days after thawing of the milk samples.

CONCLUSION: There was no evidence of microbes in PDHM as dispensed by HMBANA
milk banks when defrosted and stored at 4ºC for up to 9 days. Extended
storage of PDHM in the NICU could reduce waste of donor milk, thereby
increasing availability of human milk to vulnerable neonatal patients.

 


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