Table 1.

Proportion of human milk samples with any bacterial growth by method of exchange

	BANKED (n = 30)	MOM (n = 30)	SCREENED (n = 30)	SHARED (n = 31)	p‐value*
Total aerobic	18 (60)	18 (60)	16 (53)	17 (55)	.9310
Coliform	8 (27)	3 (10)	6 (20)	3 (10)	.2142
S. aureus	1 (3)	1 (3)	2 (6)	1 (3)	.8855
No growth	12 (40)	12 (40)	14 (47)	14 (45)	.9310

Note. Number of samples per treatment group (% within treatment group);

^* p value for differences in proportion of samples with any growth evaluated with Chi‐Square test.