Contents : Establishing the need : why human milk is important to a nation’s public health -- Implementing NICU breastfeeding support: policies and procedures: step 1 -- Step 2 : staff training for improved skills and competency in assisting breastfeeding mothers -- Step 3 : informing mothers of preterm infants about the need for their milk -- Step 4 : helping preterm mothers mother through increased mother-infant contact -- Step 5 : establishing and maintaining a milk supply for the NICU infant -- Step 6 : give preterm and/or compromised infants only human milk unless medically contraindicated -- Step 7 : implementing kangaroo mother care and skin-to-skin contact in the NICU as routine care -- Step 8 : transitioning the baby to full breastfeeding -- Sept 9 : addressing issues of conflict of interest -- Step 10 : the role of the NICU in providing breastfeeding support -- Use of banked donor human milk as an alternative to formula -- U.S. milk banking : a century of safety -- International practices and policies in donor human milk banking -- The ten steps for a baby-friendly milk bank -- The ethics of human milk use in the NICU.