>Date: Wed, 6 Dec 95 12:03:41 CST >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >From: cch1@vghtc (CHEN CHAO-HUEI) > >To Debis <[log in to unmask]> > >According to the statement of The Human Milk Banking Association of North >America,use of polyethylene bags for milk storage is strongly discouraged. >The reasons are: the titers of secretory IgA antibody to E.coli will be >decreased by as much as 60%;some vitamins are also lost; bags are difficult >to seal, puncture easily and the risk of milk contamination and loss of milk >is much greater then with hard sided container. >(All these come from"Recommendations for collection, storage, and handling >of a mother's milk for her own infant in the hospital setting", published by >The Human Milk Banking Association of North America,Inc) >Chen Chao-Huei M.D. >Department of Pediatrics >Taichung Veterans General Hospital >160, sec 3, Chung Kang Rd >Taichung 407 >Taiwan >Tel 886-4-3741259 >Fax 886-4-3591498 >E mail [log in to unmask] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLL Leader Co-Owner Lactnet, LLLOL, Corgi-L E-mail lists LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html "If money could talk, it would say good bye!" -----------------------------------------------------------------