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nutrition option for babies. It donating milk, please provides unique benefits that contact us. cannot be duplicated by formula like DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH XI antibodies to fight disease and SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES OTHER WAYS TO HELP MEDICAL CENTER infection and protection form J.P. LAUREL BAJADA DAVAO allergies. Sick premature babies are Donate tokens, snacks and CITY Tel # 227-2731 local 7303 at high risk of gastrointestinal bottled water for our for our disease and infections. Often their mothers mothers are not able to supply their Donate pasteurizing bottles, milk because they are under great milk bags and breast pumps stress or are ill themselves. Providing these fragile infants to pasteurized human milk gives them a fighting chance on LIFE. Donate breastmilk, share the gift of life. Save lives… For inquiries please contact: Nicky Jane P. Salas, RN Human Milk Bank (HMB)
Southern Philippines Medical Center JP Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City Tel# 227-2731 local 7303 If you wish to Q&A donate, here are the steps on how to HOW IS DONOR MILK PROCESSED? collect on how to How is donor milk processed? collect: The collected donor milk is kept frozen. Once enough is available for pasteurization, the milk is thawed, Wash hands with soap cultured, pooled and poured into special bottles. These are heated at 62.5°C using and water then dry the Holder method in a pasteurizer. The Who can donate? using clean towel. milk is then quickly cooled to 20°C. A sample of the pasteurized milk undergoes Clean your breast using microbiological testing. Only pasteurized Mothers who are interested milk with negative microbiological test is to donate must fulfill the a cloth Wipe nipple first dispensed. following criteria: before the breast In good health and able to Use sterile bottle to WHY IS MILK PASTEURIZED? breastfeed collect milk. Mark it Pasteurization ensures that human milk is Currently nursing a baby with your name and safe. Some immunological properties are destroyed by the process but pasteurized less than one year old date milk retains most of the anti-infective Not using certain Sterilize milk containers properties as fresh milk. medications Are there other milk banks in the by boiling for five Negative for HIV, HTLV, Philippines? There are nine THE SPMC minutes Human Milk Bank is the first in Davao Hepatitis B and C and Syphilis Hand expression is the Region.
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ARE DONORS PAID FOR THE MILK? Non-smoker your milk. Newly No. All milk donors are volunteers. Does not drink alcohol collected milk should be Did not receive blood placed immediately in transfusion or organ the freezer. transplant