PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ronald S Cohen
AU  - Sean C Xiong
AU  - Pauline Sakamoto
TI  - Retrospective review of serological testing of potential human milk donors
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2008.156471
DP  - 2010 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - F118--F120
VI  - 95
IP  - 2
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/95/2/F118.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/95/2/F118.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2010 Mar 01; 95
AB  - 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.