Milk banks and COVID-19: Scoping review

Alvaro Leon Jacome Orozco; Fabio Alexander Sierra Matamoros; Rossana López Sáleme; Carmen Díaz López; Nubia Castiblanco Lopez; Isabel Rodriguez Hernandez; Doris Amparo Parada Rico

doi:10.35454/rncm.v4n1.182

Authors

Alvaro Leon Jacome Orozco ALVARO JACOME
Fabio Alexander Sierra Matamoros https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-422X
Rossana López Sáleme https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0661-775X
Carmen Díaz López
Nubia Castiblanco Lopez https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1390-7923
Isabel Rodriguez Hernandez
Doris Amparo Parada Rico https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4713-6688

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35454/rncm.v4n1.182

Keywords:

Breast milk extraction, Milk banks, SARS, SARS virus, Coronavirus infections

Abstract

To conduct a review of the scope of published information on biosecurity in human milk banks during the
COVID-19 pandemic.

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