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A human milk bank is "a service which collects, screens, processes, and dispenses by prescription human milk donated by nursing mothers who are not biologically related to the recipient infant". As of November 2019, there are 28 milk banks in North America that are members of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). [2]
The Human Milk Banking Association of North America ( HMBANA) is a not-for-profit organization that accredits nonprofit milk banks in the United States and Canada, produces the standards and guidelines for donated breast milk in North America, and promotes lactation and breast feeding. [3] [4] [5] The organization was founded in 1985.
A human milk bank, breast milk bank or lactarium is a service that collects, screens, processes, pasteurizes, and dispenses by prescription human milk donated by nursing mothers who are not biologically related to the recipient infant. The optimum nutrition for newborn infants is breast milk for at least the first 6 months of life. [ 1]
If you are a healthy mother interested in donating your breast milk, visit bronsonhealth.com/milkbank or call (269) 341-6146 for more information.
The Milk Bank saw a dip in the the amount of donors back in September and October. So right now they need about an additional 84 donors a month to support its current need.
A new project will support mothers struggling to breastfeed as well as premature babies in need of breast milk. ... More than 100 donors have donated more than 1,400 litres to the milk bank [PA Media]
6-8 hours. 3-4 hours is optimal at 16-29°C and 6-8 hours only when the breast milk was collected under "very clean" conditions. Ideally, expressed breast milk should be transferred to a refrigerator or frozen as soon as possible. Refrigerator. 5°C (41°F) or lower.
IBMP has provided over a half million ounces of breast milk, and granted $140,000 towards health care in Africa. One of the top goals of IBMP is to provide donor milk to malnourished, orphaned, or diseased infants in South Africa. Of the half a million ounces of donor milk provided by IBMP donors, 162,665 has gone to infants in need in Africa.