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ReviewNutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition2026

Balancing access to donor human milk: Rationing vs expanding use.

Ting Ting Fu, Stephanie Merlino-Barr, Melina Roy, Kaitlin Hannan, Kera McNelis

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Review in Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Ting Ting FuCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-7219
Stephanie Merlino-BarrMetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0125-5684
Melina RoyMetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Kaitlin HannanChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kera McNelisChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2592-8046

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Abstract

Human milk is the optimal source of nutrition for infants; when mother's own milk (MOM) is unavailable, pasteurized donor human milk (DHM) is the preferred feeding alternative. DHM does not confer the same benefits as MOM, but as a human milk substrate, it remains distinctly unique from infant formulas. Although the evidence for DHM use is strong for high-risk preterm infants, especially very low birth weight infants, DHM's superiority over infant formula in improving clinical outcomes is less clear for other infant populations. Regardless, for some institutions, DHM use has been inconsistently extended to infants with congenital heart disease, gastrointestinal anomalies, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, and other term or moderate and late preterm infants. Here, we describe the potential benefits and limitations to the expanded use of DHM as well as controversies related to access to DHM, including regulatory, financial, logistical, and distribution barriers.

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Infant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaMilk BanksMilk, HumanFemaleHumansInfantInfant FormulaInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfant, Very Low Birth WeightPasteurizationbreast milkdonor human milkdonor milk bankhealthcare rationinghuman milk

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PMID41581004
PMCPMC13420998

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