Thankyou Dr.Jack for your prompt reply. The reason I asked these questions is because in R.Lawrences book, Breastfeeding: A guide for the medical profession 1999. Page 893 she lists reasons for temporary disqualification for active donors. The first on the list is any acute infection including fungal infections. This is always a problem for me, as the only LC in a Childrens Hospital, the Dr. in charge of the NICU always wants to know how long that these mothers should be diqualified from donating. Not sure of my source anymore but I thought 2 weeks? Dr.Lawrence doesn't say exactly how long in comparison to the other listed cases. The second querie I had was about donating after having had Salmonella. Firstly this mother was not allowed to give her own baby, a 29 weeker at that stage her own milk!!! Not very good in my opinion, but this is what the Dr. ordered. (both Mum and Babe had Salmonella). In addition to this she was not and is still not allowed to donate milk to our milk bank, although this infection was 3 months ago!!!! I stand alone when I don't have something black on white in my hands, and this preferably from a Dr. This mother still has lots of milk, and will probably never use it all. Thanks for reading this. Kerri Frischknecht RN. RM. IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html