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  • Title: Characteristics of the regional human milk bank in Poland - donors, recipients and nutritional value of human milk.
    Author: Barbarska O, Zielińska M, Pawlus B, Wesołowska A.
    Journal: Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig; 2017; 68(4):395-400. PubMed ID: 29280369.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: In case of shortage of breast milk despite proper lactation care or the poor state of the mother’s health, breast milk from human milk bank is recommended for feeding preterm infants OBJECTIVE: This study retrospectively evaluated the first year of the operation of the Regional Human Milk Bank MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data concerning donors was collected in the human milk bank during the cooperation. The clinical characteristics of the recipients was made on the basis of medical documentation from the Holy Family Hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Analysis of nutritional value was performed with the human milk analyzer (MIRIS AB) RESULTS: In the first year of activity, 45 voluntary donors established cooperation, donating from 650 to 32030 ml of human milk. The content of nutrients in milk provided by donors was variable - protein 0.4-1.5 g / 100 ml, fat 1.1-7.4 g / 100 ml, carbohydrates 6.3-7.9 g / 100 ml. The average length of using donated human milk was 4 days and the average volume of milk for one infant was 282 ml CONCLUSIONS: The donor profiles have a significant impact on the milk composition form HMB. The nutritional value can be improved by recruitment donors from mothers that gave birth prematurely and by beginning donation at earlier stages of lactation as soon as lactation is stabilized. In case of shortage of mothers own milk the immediate implementation of donors milk as a short-term support can significantly reduce the food intolerance incidence in the group of prematurely born infants
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