Authors' response to 'A letter to the editor regarding 'donor human milk bank data collection in North America: An assessment of current status and future needs' from the human milk banking association of North America'

摘要

We appreciate Ms Updegrove's interest in our work and are grateful for the opportunity to respond to her concerns. Published data by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) disclose only the yearly aggregate volume of distributed donor milk that is voluntarily reported to HMBANA by its milk banks. A true centralized registry would allow stakeholders, including client neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), to receive summary or benchmarking information from HMBANA. The NICU at Connecticut Children's Medical Center has routinely used HMBANA donor human milk for over 3 years and is both a clinical and an academic stakeholder in the donor human milk banking industry. Our NICU has never received any such communication from HMBANA; neither are we aware of others who have.