Safety & Ethics

Compliance

The Mothers' Milk Bank adheres to the strict guidelines published by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America ("Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of a Donor Human Milk Bank," reviewed annually) in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Disease Control and American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition, the Milk Bank complies with the United States Public Health Service "Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of HIV Through Transplantation of Human Tissue and Organs".

Milk Screening

All milk is pasteurized at a minimum of 56o C for 30 minutes. Both CMV and HIV viruses are killed by this process, while preserving the unique immune properties. Additional information is available upon request.

A post-pasteurization bacterial culture is performed and must comply with our standards of no growth.

Mothers' Milk Bank is a non-profit community
program of The Colorado Health Foundation

Laraine Lockhart Borman, IBCLC, Director
e-mail: mmilkbank@ColoradoHealth.org

1719 East 19th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80218
(303) 869-1888