"Donor milk banking: Improving the future". A survey on the operation of the European donor human milk banks.
Eva KontopodiSertac ArslanogluUrszula Bernatowicz-LojkoEnrico BertinoMaria Enrica BettinelliRachel BuffinTanya CassidyRuurd M van ElburgCorina GebauerAnne GrovslienKasper HettingaIoanna IoannouDaniel KlotzRadmila Mileusnić-MilenovićGuido E MoroJean-Charles PicaudBernd StahlGillian WeaverJohannes B van GoudoeverAleksandra WesolowskaPublished in: PloS one (2021)
We show that there is a wide variability in milk banking practices across Europe, including practices that could further improve the efficacy of donor human milk banking. The findings of this study could serve as a tool for a global discussion on the efficacy and development of additional evidence-based guidelines that could further improve those practices.