%0 Journal Article %A Ronald S Cohen %A Sean C Xiong %A Pauline Sakamoto %T Retrospective review of serological testing of potential human milk donors %D 2010 %R 10.1136/adc.2008.156471 %J Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition %P F118-F120 %V 95 %N 2 %X Objective To estimate the prevalence of positive serology among potential donors to a human milk bank. Design Retrospective review of our experience with donor serological testing at our milk bank over a 6-year interval. Setting Not-for-profit, regional human milk bank. Patients Volunteer, unpaid potential donors of human milk. Interventions Serological testing for syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and human T cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2). Main outcome measures Results of serological screening tests performed on potential donors. Results Of 1091 potential donors, 3.3% were positive on screening serology, including 6 syphilis, 17 hepatitis B, 3 hepatitis C, 6 HTLV and 4 HIV. Conclusions There is a significant incidence of positive serology among women interested in donating human milk. This implies that there may be significant risk associated with peer-to-peer distribution of human milk from unscreened donors. %U https://fn.bmj.com/content/fetalneonatal/95/2/F118.full.pdf