milk bank
Breast fluid repository
A milk bank is a facility that collects, screens, processes, and distributes donated human breast milk.
Milk banks provide pasteurized donor milk to hospitals for premature or ill infants whose mothers cannot produce sufficient milk.
The NICU gets its supply from the regional milk bank.
Like blood banks, they maintain strict safety protocols for screening donors and handling biological material.
- donorOne who contributes freely
- breastmilkLactation's product
- liquid goldHighly valued fluid substance
- pasteurizedHeat-treated for safety
- NICUIntensive care for newborns
neonatal intensive care · premature · infant · lactation · freezer · storage · bottles · feeding tube · pumping · neonatal · hospital · screening · donation · mothers · breast pump · feeding · nutrients · antibodies