Human milk bank (HMB): a support strategy for newborn care Banco de leche humana (BLH): una estrategia de apoyo para la atención de neonatos

Abstract

Introduction: maternal breastfeeding has shown great benefits in the newborn, there are factors that affect the correct breastfeeding, for which banks of breast milk were created, since 2007 Colombia is part of this initiative for children, Objective: identify the uses of the Human Milk Bank of the ESE San Rafael de Fusagasugá Hospital in the period from July 2012 to June 2017. Methodology: cross-sectional descriptive study, with sample of 1282 born between 2012 and 2016 that used the bank of breastmilk. Results: Among the factors that led to the use of BLH in these minors are, low production of breast milk in 53.7%; maternal surgery 3.5%; mom with low cognitive level in 0.2% of cases; slight or poor suction in 9.6% of those born; absent mother 0.4%; newborn required hospitalization at 4.6%; presence of inverted or flat nipple 2.5%; cleft lip 0.5%. Conclusion: It was possible to determine how 22.7% of the children who were born in the municipality needed the service of the breast milk bank, being able to visualize the needs of the same in the municipality and providing the opportunity that these children in need of this supplement they could obtain adequately and in the same area of ​​birth without having to travel with the subsequent consequences that they trigger in the family and in the newborn.
Keywords: breastfeeding, low weight, human milk bank

Keywords: breastfeeding, low weight, human milk bank