Fat content of expressed breast milk: A case for quality control
1981
Spencer, S.A. | Hull, D.
An interest in feeding human milk to preterm babies inspired an investigation into the fat composition of 274 breast milk samples from 21 mothers feeding their own preterm infants and 10 donors feeding their infants at home. The creamatocrit analysis method revealed great variation in the fat content of samples, but this was due to diurnal factors and method of collection rather than differences between the 2 groups of mothers or between transitional and mature milk. Substantial amounts of fat were wasted in continuous nasogastric feeding, and smaller though still appreciable amounts using a vertical syringe pump, indicating that some infants were receiving milk with a lower-than-recommended energy content. Although pooling could counteract this problem, the necessary banking and bacterial surveillance pose other difficulties. Quality control could be assured by creamatocrit analysis and careful collection methods.
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