Breast milk banking: current opinion and practice in Australian neonatal intensive care units.
J Paediatr Child Health
; 48(9): 833-9, 2012 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
To find out the knowledge and attitudes of health-care professionals (HCPs) in Australian neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) towards breast milk banking (BMBg) and pasteurised donated breast milk (PDBM).METHODS:
Cross-sectional structured survey of HCPs in all 25 NICUs in Australia.RESULTS:
Response rate was 43.4% (n= 358 of 825). Participants included nurses and midwives (291, 81.3%) and the remainder were neonatologists and neonatal trainees (67, 18.7%). A variable number of HCPs agreed that PDBM would decrease the risk of necrotising enterocolitis (81%) and allergies (48.9%), 8.4% thought PDBM will carry risk of infections and 78.8% agreed that PDBM is preferable over formula, but only 67.5% thought that establishing breast milk banks (BMBs) are justifiable. Significant differences were found between doctors and nurses/midwives, with 19.4% of doctors compared with 5.8% of nurses/midwives agreed that PDBM carried an increased risk of infection. Although, over 90% of nurses/midwives and 70% of doctors agreed that the donation of breast milk is important, only 71% of nurses/midwives and 52.2% of doctors thought that setting up a BMB was justifiable.CONCLUSION:
The opinions about BMBg differ widely between HCPs; however, the majority support the practice. HCPs had different knowledge gaps in regard to BMBg. Nurses/midwives positively view the practice of BMBg more strongly compared with neonatologists.
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Assunto principal:
Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Bancos de Leite Humano
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Leite Humano
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En
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article