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. 1979 Oct;54(10):760–764. doi: 10.1136/adc.54.10.760

Bacteriological monitoring of unheated human milk.

D C Davidson, R A Poll, C Roberts
PMCID: PMC1545674  PMID: 389170

Abstract

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

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