Hot Topics in Breastfeeding – Milk Banking in NC Panel Discussion

Description

Parents may ask you about donor human milk for their infant and about sharing their milk with another infant. This panel discussion will showcase the expansion of the North Carolina Human Donor Milk Program with presentations on the medical and nutritional significance of donor milk, how to become an approved milk donor, and the processing of milk after it is received by the milk bank prior to distribution to infants. Data that has been collected since the expansion of the Human Donor Milk Program will be discussed as well as the plan for moving forward with milk banking in North Carolina and information on how you can get involved.

Target Audience

Healthcare Professionals, Nutritionists, and Nurses

Objectives

This presentation, The Human Donor Milk Program Expnansion Initiative, will review the following:

• Benefits, uses and nutritional aspects of human donor milk
• How to become an approved donor
• The role of donor depots in the process
• Milk Bank processes and what happens to milk after donation
• Insights into the progress of the program's expansion
• The mission, vision, four-year expansion plan, and opportunities to get involved

Faculty

• Meghan D. Causey, BSN, RN, RNC-MNN
• Kerrie A. Gottschall, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC
• Brandi A. Harrison, BS, IBCLC
• Erin Hoffman, MS, RDN, LDN
• Maryanne T. Perrin, PhD, MBA, RDN
• Courtney Ramsey-Coleman, MS, RDN, LDN