Negative Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to Hand-Expressed Colostrum from SARS-CoV-2-Positive Mothers.
Breastfeed Med
; 15(8): 492-494, 2020 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-639739
ABSTRACT
Aim:
The objective of our study was to determine whether the SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers transmit the virus to their hand-expressed colostrum.Methods:
This is an observational prospective study that included pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR test on a nasopharyngeal swab at the moment of childbirth and who wanted to breastfeed their newborns. A colostrum sample was obtained from the mothers by manual self-extraction. To collect the samples, the mothers wore surgical masks, washed their hands with an 85% alcohol-based gel, and washed their breast with gauze that was saturated with soap and water.Results:
We obtained seven colostrum samples from different mothers in the first hours postdelivery. SARS-CoV-2 was not detected in any of the colostrum samples obtained in our study.Conclusion:
In our study, breast milk was not a source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Hand expression (assuring that a mask is used and that appropriate hygienic measures are used for the hands and the breast), when direct breastfeeding is not possible, appears to be a safe way of feeding newborns of mothers with COVID-19.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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Breast Feeding
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Coronavirus Infections
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Colostrum
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Pandemics
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Breast Milk Expression
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Betacoronavirus
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Milk, Human
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Breastfeed Med
Journal subject:
Nutritional Sciences
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bfm.2020.0183
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