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During the pandemic, supporting needs of childbearing families and the role of human milk as a lifesaving medical intervention should not be forgotten International organizations such as the United Nations Children\'s Fund and the World Health Organization (WHO) have recommended early, exclusive breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact during COVID-19 including women who are positive for the virus Here, Spatz offers details of breastfeeding recommendations In the small number of studies conducted to date, Covid-19 has not been detected n human milk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) If the mother is expressing milk, it is important that all pumping equipment is washed well with hot sopay water, rinsed well, and dried Each day equipment should be sanitized (CD) Appropriate hand hygiene is necessary both before and after pumping, as well as when handling expressed milk (CDC)
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