title: Establishment, operation and development of a donor human milk bank.
abstract: Human milk is very valuable in premature infant nutrition. The collection, screening, processing and distribution of donor human milk are described in this report. These activities take place in the Donor Human Milk Bank (DHMB) of the Large Romagna Area (LRA) in Italy, the development of which is also described here. Over the years, the activities of this bank, which is located in Cesena Hospital, in the center of the LRA, have developed from an informal and domestic-level activity to become a multistep controlled process designed to prevent the possibility of disease transmission. This little food-supply industry, run by a multi-disciplinary team with strict rules and diverse responsibilities, complies with the Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Donor Human Milk Bank, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy. Electronic address: abiasini@ausl-cesena.emr.it.
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biasini
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stella
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malaigia
authors.forename: Mariachiara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: China
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azzalli
authors.forename: Maria Chiara
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Laguardia
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rizzo
mesh_terms: D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D007558:Italy; D017784:Milk Banks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D008895:Milk, Human
keywords: Donor human milk bank; Nutrition; Preterm infant