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Stacie Ohnstad <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi, my name is Stacie Ohnstad and I am a nursing student looking for
a little more information from some of the more experienced in the
field.Can anyone pass on their knowledge? Over the last week or so I
have been hearing more and more about donating breast milk and breast
milk banks which are fairly new topics to me, a second semester junior
nursing student. I have seen that some recent posts have been regarding
the GMA
story and the January 17th World News Tonight report on this subject. I
have heard it referred to as being "like blood". I understand the
importance of breast milk for
nutrition especially in the premature and VLBW babies. Even though the
physicians push for breastfeeding in the NICU, I am not aware of any use
of milk banks or donated milk in the facility that we do clinicals in. I
am curious as to what the policies are in place in other areas
specifically if there are stipulations as to who can receive it, if
there are consents that are to be signed and if it is handled like
blood?
     According to Bromberg Bar-Yam (2003) some milk is pasteurised and
some is not. 
There is a concern about the milk being contaminated before it reaches
the 
bank so this is necessary. Gras-Le Guen, Lepelletier, Debillon, Gournay,
Espaze, and Roze (2003)also state that there may be a concern about
pasteurization causing an outbreak in one NICU. Can anyone comment on
whether or not there are special 
> cases where one is preferred? 
     Lindeman, Fashaugen & Lindemann (2004) found that donors are
screened for HIV, Hep B/C, CMV, and TB. Do any of you feel that the
benefits overwhelmingly outweigh the risks?
 
References
 
Bromberg Bar-Yam, Naomi. (2003). Political Issues: An Introduction to
Human Milk Banking. The International Journal of Childbirth Education.
18, 22-25.
 
Debillon T., Espaze, E., Gournay, V., Gras-Le Guen, C., Lepelletier D.,
Roze, J.C. (2003). Contamination of a Milk Bank Pasteuriser Causing a
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Archives of Diseases in Childhood. Fetal and Neonate Edition, 88,
F434-F435.
 
Fashaugen, I., Lindemann, P.C., Lindemann, R. (2004). Characteristics of
Breast Milk and Serology of Women Donating Breast Milk to a Milk Bank.
Archives of Diseases in Childhood. Fetal and Neonate Edition. 89,
F440-F441.

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