Clinical uses, collection, and banking of human milk.
The Mothers' Milk Bank (MMB) of San Jose, CA, has provided banked human milk to clinicians and researchers since its founding in 1974. This article briefly acknowledges the many and varied reasons for the use of human milk. Its primary focus however, is to review the protocol followed by the MMB for collection, banking, and distribution of human milk.
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