Avaliação do descarte de leite doado à um banco de leite humano

• Autor(a) principal: Schiessel, Dalton Luiz
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Luz, Franciele Rocio da, Holzer , Maria Eduarda, Saldan, Paula Chuproski, Boaria, Franciele, Tortorella, Catiuscie Cabreira da Silva, Cavagnari, Mariana Abe Vicente
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/7313
• topic: Leite Materno; Aleitamento; Doação

Introduction: Human Milk Bank is a specialized center responsible for guiding and executing the operations of collection, receipt, selection and classification, processing, quality control and distribution of human milk donated to newborns who cannot be breastfed. Objective: evaluate the number of donors, the amount of milk donated, discarded and check the main reasons for the disposal of donated human milk. Method: This is a retrospective observational study, carried out in a Human Milk Bank of a hospital located in the Midwest in Paraná state, Brazil, from May 2015 to April 2016. Secondary data from donated human milk records were used. Data on the number of donors, volume of donation, volume of donation and discarded and the reason for disposal were analyzed. Results: A total of 763.3 L of breast milk donated in one year were counted by 848 donors. Total of 538.6 L of milk were pasteurized and 224.7 L of milk were discarded due to the presence of dirt and high acidity. Conclusion: Under the conditions of the present study, a high volume of disposed milk was found due to the presence of dirt or high acidity.