ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2016
The Experience of Human Milk Banking for 8 Years: Korean Perspective.
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- Beneficial Effects and Factors Associated With Provision of Breast Milk at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge to Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- A Framework for Evaluation of New Processing Technologies in Human Milk Banking.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025Review
- Donation barriers, enablers, patterns and predictors of milk bank donors in the United States and United Kingdom.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Characterization of exosomal microRNAs in preterm infants fed with breast milk and infant formula.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- Women's perspectives on human milk banking in Ghana: results from a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Operation Status of the Mutual Aid Human Milk Bank for Preterm Infants and Data Analysis.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Characteristics and factors influencing the volume of breastmilk donated by women to the first human milk bank in Vietnam.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Survey on the Status of Breastfeeding in Korean Medical Institution Workers.Journal of Korean medical science · 2022Article
- Microbiological Quality of Milk Donated to the Regional Human Milk Bank in Warsaw in the First Four Years of Activity.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- What is known about human milk bank donors around the world: a systematic scoping review.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Postpartum women's views on human milk banking in a city in Southeast China: a cross-sectional survey.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Article
- Trends and Dynamics in the First Four Years of Operation of the First Human Milk Bank in Vietnam.Nutrients · 2021Article
- A Preterm Case of Cow's Milk Allergy Presenting with Recurrent Ascites Treated with Donor Breast Milk.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Acceptability of donor breastmilk banking among health workers: a cross-sectional survey in Zimbabwean urban settings.International breastfeeding journal · 2020Article
- Evaluation of the Tempo® System: Improving the Microbiological Quality Monitoring of Human Milk.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
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- A quality improvement project to improve voluntary milk donation in a human milk bank in South India.Medical journal, Armed Forces IndiaArticle
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Abstract
Human milk banks are a solution for mothers who cannot supply their own breast milk to their sick or hospitalized infants; premature infants, in particular, are unable to receive a full volume of breast milk for numerous reasons. As of December 2015, there was only one milk bank in a university hospital in Korea. We reviewed the basic characteristics of donors and recipients, and the amounts and contamination of breast milk donated at the Human Milk Bank in Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong in Korea from 2008 to 2015. The donor pool consisted of 463 first-time donors and 452 repeat donors who made 1,724 donations. A total of 10,820 L of breast milk was collected, and 9,541.6 L were processed. Detectable bacteria grew in 12.6% after pasteurization and 52.5% had cytomegalovirus DNA before pasteurization in donated milk. There were 836 infant and 25 adult recipients; among new infant recipients, 48.5% were preterm; the groups received 8,009 and 165.7 L of donor milk, respectively. There was an increase in the percentage of preterm infants among new infant recipients in 2015 (93.1%) compared to 2008 (8.5%). Based on the number of premature infants in Korea, the number of potential recipients is not likely to diminish anytime soon, despite efforts to improve the breastfeeding rate. Sustainability and quality improvement of the milk bank need long-term financial support by health authorities and a nationwide network similar to blood banking will further contribute to the progress of milk banking.
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