Bacteriological monitoring of unheated human milk.

• DOI: 10.1136/adc.54.10.760
• Publication Date: 2008-12-22T21:33:49Z
• Authors: D C Davidson; R A Poll; C Roberts
• Keywords: Pasteurization

To assess the bacteriological quality of unpooled expressed breast milk, a pilot bottle sample each donation was examined before milk given to neonate. Provided did not contain greater than 2500 organisms/ml or potential pathogens it used unheated. Milk containing between and 5000 no after pasteurisation. Using these criteria, 67% 460 donations were acceptable. However, because varied, 45% domiciliary discarded compared with only 29% those from hospital.