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Donor human milk banking in Australia – issues and background paper

This paper describes human milk banking in Australia, and current international and Australian approaches to managing milk banks. It has been prepared in response to an action area of the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010–2015.

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This document includes:

purpose
what is a human milk bank
international context
re-emergence of milk banks in Australia
clinical need
recipient population
risk considerations
guidelines
donor payment and cost recovery issues
cost benefit of human milk banking
stakeholder needs
other considerations
Australian regulatory framework and considerations
biologicals regulatory framework.

Donor human milk banking in Australia – issues and background paper

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About this resource

Publication date:

May 2014

Publication type:

Report

Audience:

General public

Language:

English

Part of a collection:

Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy collection

Tags:

Pregnancy, birth and baby