Does opening a milk bank in a neonatal unit change infant feeding practices? A before and after study

Table 2 Type of milk received during first 28 days of life

	2006		2008
	Number of children (n = 50)	%	Number of children (n = 54)	%
¹ Exclusively mother's own milk	20	40	7	13
² Mother's own milk + donor milk	0	0	27	50
³ Mother's own milk + infant formula	30	60	2	4
⁴ Mother's own milk + donor milk + infant formula	0	0	18	33
⁵ Exclusively infant formula	0	0	0	0
⁶ Fortified	15	30	7	13

¹ Infants fed only with mother's own milk directly from the breast or by tube or syringe.
² Infants who received donor milk besides mother's own milk.
³ Infants who received infant formula besides mother's own milk.
⁴ Infants who received donor human milk and infant formula besides mother's own milk.
⁵ Infants fed only with infant formula.
⁶ Addition of a nutritional supplement for human milk.

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