Pediatr. praxi 2019; 20(5): 331-334 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2019.068

The work of non‑medical healthcare workers in human milk bank

Bc. Pavla Podlahová¹, Mgr. Alena Machová¹, MUDr. Milan Hanzl, Ph.D.^1,2

Ústav ošetřovatelství, porodní asistence a neodkladné péče, Zdravotně sociální fakulta Jihočeské univerzity

¹ v Českých Budějovicích

² Neonatologické oddělení Nemocnice České Budějovice, a. s.

Breastfeeding brings many benefits to the child, mother, family and society at large. These are health, nutritional, immunological, developmental, psychological, social, economic and environmental benefits. If the mother cannot breast-feed her baby, there is a possibility of feeding with donated breast milk. For this purpose, human banks and breast milk collections were established all over the world, including the Czech Republic. Milk is provided by healthy mothers (donors) who have a surplus after breastfeeding their own baby. The donated human milk is most often used for premature newborn whose mothers do not have enough milk. This article presents the qualitative research results focused on the non-medical healthcare workers in human milk banks. The results showed thathuman milk banks provide the donation of donors, as well as the collection, examination, processing, storage, registration and distribution of human milk. Differences in individual facilities were recorded especially in the area of donor education, required donor examinations, financial evaluation, collection and distribution of donated breast milk.

Keywords: human milk bank, non‑medicalhealthcare worker, newborn, donor

Published: November 1, 2019  Show citation