[Evaluation of home collection performed by a human milk bank in a university hospital in Brazil]. / Evaluación de la recolección domiciliaria realizada por un banco de leche humana de un hospital universitario de Brasil.

OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of procedures during household milking and transport of human milk associated with their quality control. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 48 donors registered in the Human Milk Bank of the Clinics Hospital of the Federal University at Uberlândia. Observations were made during home visits. A checklist was elaborated according to the technical standards for human milk banks, been associated with physical-chemical, and microbiological controls. The chi-square test, logistic regression and Spearman test (p< 0.05) were used for data analysis. RESULTS: The results suggest that most donors assimilated the guidelines of the milk bank staff and procedures were satisfactorily performed. CONCLUSION: It could be demonstrated that milking and home collection are safe and effective ways for obtaining donated human milk.

Evaluación de la recolección domiciliaria realizada por un banco de leche humana de un hospital universitario de Brasil / Evaluation of home collection performed by a human milk bank in a university hospital in Brazil

Objetivo. Evaluar los procedimientos de la extracción domiciliaria y el transporte de la leche humana asociados con su control de calidad. Material y métodos. Participaron 48 donadoras fichadas en el Banco de Leche Humana del Hospital de Clínicas de la Universidad Federal de Uberlândia. Se realizaron observaciones durante visitas domiciliarias según la lista de cotejo elaborada teniendo en cuenta las normas técnicas, las cuales se asocian con los controles físico-químicos y microbiológicos. Se utilizaron para el análisis de datos, el test ji cuadrada, la regresión logística y el test de Sperman (p<0,05). Resultados. Los resultados sugieren que la mayoría de las donadoras asimilaron las orientaciones del equipo del banco de leche y realizaron los procedimientos de manera satisfactoria. Conclusión. Se puede demostrar que la extracción y la recolección domiciliaria es una forma segura y eficaz para la obtención de leche humana en donación.

Objective. Evaluation of procedures during household milking and transport of human milk associated with their quality control. Materials and methods. 48 donors registered in the Human Milk Bank of the Clinics Hospital of the Federal University at Uberlândia. Observations were made during home visits. A checklist was elaborated according to the technical standards for human milk banks, been associated with physical-chemical, and microbiological controls. The chi-square test, logistic regression and Spearman test (p< 0.05) were used for data analysis. Results. The results suggest that most donors assimilated the guidelines of the milk bank staff and procedures were satisfactorily performed. Conclusion. It could be demonstrated that milking and home collection are safe and effective ways for obtaining donated human milk.