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ArticleNutrients2025

Bridging the Milk Gap: Integrating a Human Milk Bank-Blood Bank Model to Reinforce Lactation Support and Neonatal Care.

Jacqueline Barin, Jeremy Touati, Agathe Martin, Carole Fletgen Richard, Ralf J Jox, Stefano Fontana, Hélène Legardeur, Nathalie Amiguet, Isabelle Henriot, Christelle Kaech and 4 more

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Article in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Jacqueline BarinClinic of Neonatology, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0003-5165-4389
Jeremy TouatiLaboratoire de Préparation Cellulaire et d'Analyses, Transfusion Interrégionale CRS, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
Agathe MartinLaboratoire de Préparation Cellulaire et d'Analyses, Transfusion Interrégionale CRS, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
Carole Fletgen RichardGynaecology-Obstetrics, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ralf J JoxUnité d'Éthique Clinique, Institut des Humanités en Médecine, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3040-4714
Stefano FontanaFaculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6543-2619
Hélène LegardeurGynaecology-Obstetrics, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1124-847X
Nathalie AmiguetClinic of Neonatology, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Isabelle HenriotClinic of Neonatology, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Christelle KaechHESAV School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8758-6790
Aurélia BelatLaboratoire de Préparation Cellulaire et d'Analyses, Transfusion Interrégionale CRS, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
Jean-François TolsaClinic of Neonatology, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3979-9270
Michel PrudentLaboratoire de Préparation Cellulaire et d'Analyses, Transfusion Interrégionale CRS, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9470-0179
Céline J Fischer FumeauxClinic of Neonatology, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mother's own milk (MOM) offers the highest protection for preterm and low birth weight infants. However, breastfeeding can be challenging during neonatal hospitalization. When MOM is unavailable, donor human milk (DHM) is the recommended alternative for feeding vulnerable neonates. Human milk banks (HMBs) collect, process, and deliver DHM, playing a key role in lactation support and promoting MOM availability. Although HMBs are expanding globally, scale-up remains hindered, restricting equitable DHM access. In Switzerland, despite the existence of eight HMBs, the western region lacked such a facility until 2022. To address this gap, an interdisciplinary team from the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and the Swiss Red Cross Interregional Blood Transfusion Centre (TIR) collaborated to establish a regional HMB. This partnership leveraged both institutions' available expertise, infrastructure, and resources. After two years of preparation, the

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Blood BanksBreast FeedingLactationMilk BanksMilk, HumanFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornSwitzerlandbreastfeedingdonor human milkhuman milkhuman milk bankinfant nutritionLactariumlactationmedical product of human originpreterm infantsubstance of human originSwiss health systemtransfusionvulnerable neonate

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