Human milk in community fridge?

[Triple J]

It wouldn't bother me being in the work fridge, as long as it doesn't spill onto my food. I don't want anything spilling on my stuff though.

Now, people re-heating fish in the work microwave...that DOES piss me off!!! 

[cyrus buelton]

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/29/us/study-shows-passing-aids-in-breast-milk-is-easier-than-thought.html

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=20952

That OSHA article is dated 1992.

Look at the NY Times article I posted above based off a recent study published in the New England Journal of medicine.

[Triple J]

That OSHA article is dated 1992.

Look at the NY Times article I posted above based off a recent study published in the New England Journal of medicine.

Your NYT article is dated 1991.

[somegirl]

Why is it worse than cow's milk?  Or eggs?  Or undercooked meat in the fridge?  What are you afraid of?

[Jammen]

Cooties, duh.

[mstevens]

My medical recommendation is that if you're concerned about transmission of disease via human breast milk you should avoid drinking it.

Storing body fluids in the same area as food may squick people out but as long as containers are covered and nothing is dripping there really shouldn't be a problem.

Proximity doesn't contaminate anything. Being able to see two things at the same time does not mean one is contaminating the other. Our brains get confused about this, leading to the erroneous assumption that nearness causes contamination, but that doesn't make it so. Viruses are completely immobile. Heck, they aren't even alive! They have to be transmitted by some medium, vector, or fomite. Bacteria can sometimes move, but we're talking about Angstroms in distance, not millimeters and certainly not inches or through plastic.

Finally, consider the very real fact that breast milk is food and really has no other purpose. This is true whether it's from humans or from cows. It needs to be stored properly and safely as food. A food fridge is the most appropriate place for this.

[NAKID]

Difference between Human breast milk and cow's milk from the store is pastuerization...

[Gator]

Why is it worse than cow's milk?  Or eggs?  Or undercooked meat in the fridge?  What are you afraid of?

Hepatitis, HIV, HVB, Cytomegalovirus... the list is quite long. it is no different then storing semen or blood in the office fridge.

[JEFF_H]

my boss stored her breast milk in my office fridge and it leaked all over.
(out of the container, not out of her breast)
i cleaned it up
she was embarassed
my wife (RN) was concerned about contact with body fluids

i told it didnt really matter, the baby was mine anyway
thats when the fight started....

[mitt]

my boss stored her breast milk in my office fridge and it leaked all over.
(out of the container, not out of her breast)
i cleaned it up
she was embarassed
my wife (RN) was concerned about contact with body fluids

i told it didnt really matter, the baby was mine anyway
thats when the fight started....

       

mitt

[Statler]

Since you asked for opinions...I think complaining about it makes you look.... It does not paint you in a favorable light.   

Buy your own fridge for your own lunch. 

[superjohn]

After the associate in our office left something once edible in the office fridge and forgot to take it with him when he was sacked leaving behind an odorous reminder of the pain and suffering of layoffs, I quit opening the company fridge so I could care less what's in there.

[mstevens]

Difference between Human breast milk and cow's milk from the store is pastuerization...

Which does not kill all pathogens.

Hepatitis, HIV, HVB, Cytomegalovirus... the list is quite long. it is no different then storing semen or blood in the office fridge.

Apart from the ick factor, what could possibly make storing semen or blood in the office fridge a problem as long as they and the other contents are properly packaged?

[NAKID]

Which does not kill all pathogens.

Oh I know, but someone asked what the difference was...

[KnightofNi]

Which does not kill all pathogens.

Apart from the ick factor, what could possibly make storing semen or blood in the office fridge a problem as long as they and the other contents are properly packaged?

the ick factor is much stronger than logic and reason.