OS IMPACTOS DA COVID-19 NO ALEITAMENTO MATERNO E NA DOAÇÃO PARA O BANCO DE LEITE HUMANO: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA

Breast milk is essential for child growth and development, especially for newborns who are hospitalized or those who cannot be breastfed by their own mother. However, given the doubts and uncertainties generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is necessary to make recommendations and care for breastfeeding and human milk donation in a safe manner. The objective of this study is to clarify the strategies took to face the difficulties of donating breast milk in the face of Sars-Cov-2 infection. This is a descriptive research with qualitative approach carried out through a literature review during the second semester of 2020. The search was conducted in the databases available on internet, Virtual Health Library, PubMed, MedRxiv e Scielo, using the descriptors: milk banks, coronavirus, breastfeeding; identifying 25 articles. After applying the exclusion criteria, 9 articles were selected to compose the study sample. In view of the current scenario of Covid-19, there was a reduction in breast milk donation. However, in order to get around this situation, several information and clarifications were published to the population, as well as the adoption of strategies by the milk banks in order to avoid the risk of contamination of Covid-19 through breastfeeding. Therefore, it is necessary to promote greater knowledge to mothers regarding the donation of milk and safe breastfeeding, using biosafety standards and precautions for the prevention of contagion by Covid-19.