Prescription for Milk Allergies: Try a Cookie [FOX: 6-05-2011]
Subscribe for daily health news. Like/Dislike, Favorite, Comment, Embed on Blog, Facebook Share, and Tweet this video. Get the word out on this video. - Sunday June 5 2011 4:00 pm en.wikipedia.org A human milk bank is 'a service which collects, screens, processes, and dispenses by prescription human milk donated by nursing mothers who are not biologically related to the recipient infant'. There are currently eleven milk banks in North America. They are usually housed in hospitals, although sometimes they are free standing. They are members of the Human Milk Bank Association of North America (HMBANA) and voluntarily abide by HMBANA's annually revised 'Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of a Donor Human Milk Bank.' The guidelines were developed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and include protocols for soliciting donors, collecting, processing and distributing the milk. Some of these protocols are described below. According to a joint statement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): 'The best food for a baby who cannot be breastfed is milk expressed from the mother's breast or from another healthy mother. The best food for any baby whose own mother's milk is not available is the breastmilk of another healthy mother' (UNICEF, p. 48).'Where it is not possible for the biological mother to breast feed, the first alternative, if available, should be the use of ... Lanikai Vacation Purchase Promotion Weber Kettle Bbq Voltage Converters For Europe Right Now
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