Official Title
Is COVID-19 Transmitted Through Human Milk? Implications for Breastfeeding and Human Milk Banking-Study 1b
Brief Summary

The Canadian Paediatric Society recommends breastfeeding during COVID-19 infection. Humanmilk is the best form of infant nutrition providing significant protection against manyillnesses for term and preterm infants. When mothers of hospitalized infants are unableto supply their milk, the recommended supplement is human donor milk. The impact of apandemic on human milk banking is unknown. This study seeks to address this public healthissue. Donor milk will be collected from the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank atSinai Health System in Toronto. Samples will be analyzed for the COVID-19 virus specificnucleic acid and antibody in real-time and results will be immediately disseminated torelevant organizations to inform local, national and international guidelines surroundingdonor milk banking to protect the health of infants.

Unknown status
SARS-COV2
Breastmilk

Other: Human milk donors

Human milk donors for the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Human milk donor for the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank

Exclusion Criteria:

- None

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: N/A ~ Maximum: N/A
Countries
Canada
Locations

Sinai Health System
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Deborah O'Connor
NCT Number