Processed Donor Human Milk Notices – Treating Hospitals

The Supply of Processed Donor Human Milk in Western Australia Code of Practice 2024 (the Code) came into effect on 19 August 2024.

Under clause 62(4) of the Code, a Treating Hospital will provide the Chief Health Officer, no later than 14 days after occurrence, notice of any:

• adverse event where dispensing of processed donor human milk at the Treating Hospital has posed a serious clinical risk to recipients, or
• recall of processed donor human milk, or
• failed audit results, or
• if an adverse event has been notified, evidence the Treating Hospital is undertaking a review process (for example, Clinical Incident Management).

Adverse event:

A non-exhaustive list of adverse events where dispensing processed donor human milk has posed a serious clinical risk to recipients has been provided below:

• an event that results in death
• an event that is life threatening
• an event that requires prolongation of existing hospitalisation
• an event that results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity
• an event that is the result of or related to an infectious disease
• an event that is a medically important event or reaction
• any incident involving clinical incident management review