On Thursday, January 27, 2005, at 03:00 PM, Krainz, Mary Ann wrote: > We don't have a milk bank close and we haven't a way currently of > pasturizing her expressed milk. What would you suggest be the > hospital's > protocol? Or does anyone have a protocol in place for these situations? > Thanks so much, Mary Ann RN, IBCLC in central WI, USA Perhaps the hospital could use the same protocol that family members and friends use for BLOOD donation when someone is in need of blood? Screen the donor, insure good collection technique, screen the sample. Blood can't be pasteurized, yet it is still preferable to artificial blood. The hospital could call a milk bank and ask about their screening procedures, tests, questions in order to have proper documentation. Katie Bredbeck donor milk recipient's mother *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html