Methods of milk expression for lactating women

Source: The Cochrane Library

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Date of publication: 7^th December, 2011.

Publication type: Review.

In a nutshell: This is an update to a previous Cochrane review which aims to assess the acceptability, effectiveness, safety, effect on composition, contamination and cost implications of methods of milk expression. The available evidence indicates that low-cost measures such as early initiation of expressing for an infant unable to breastfeed, relaxation, hand expression, and lower cost pumps may be as effective, or more effective, than large electric pumps for some outcomes. Caution is needed in applying these results beyond the specific method examined in each study due to the small sample sizes, large standard deviations, small number of studies reviewed, and the diversity of the interventions examined.

Length of publication: 86 pages.

Pasteurisation of expressed breastmilk as in-home procedure to limit mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a systematic review

Source: Evidence-Based Midwifery, 2011, 9 (4), p.

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Date of publication: 1^st December, 2011.

Publication type: Research.

In a nutshell: A review of studies examining the evidence in relation to the effectiveness of pasteurisation as in-home procedure, as a means of inactivating HI type 1-virus for HIV-positive mothers who wish to breastfeed. Both flash heating (FH) and pretoria pasteurisation (PP) methods were reported as safe in inactivating the HI-virus. However, nutritional and protective safety could not be confirmed and insufficient evidence exists of the feasibility and acceptability of both methods.

Length of publication: 7 pages.

Expressed breast milk on a neonatal unit: a hazard analysis and critical control points approach

 

Source: American Journal of Infection Control, 2011, 39 (10), p.832-838.

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Date of publication: December, 2011.

Publication type: Journal article.

In a nutshell: This article looks at issues, operating procedures and best practice guidelines in relation to using expressed breast milk when feeding preterm or ill neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Length of publication: 7 pages.

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