Necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis are the primary serious ailments affecting premature babies. Breast milk, which maintains the pH levels of a baby’s gastrointestinal tract and is gentler on their sensitive systems, has been shown in clinical research studies to decrease the incidence of these ailments. In addition, breast milk improves immunological defenses, nutrient digestion and absorption, gastrointestinal function and the neurodevelopment of an infant. Some women, for one reason or another, cannot provide their own breast milk to their child, and must search for donor milk. Milk banks offer the invaluable service of providing such milk to mothers and babies in need. Donors are thoroughly screened to ensure they are healthy and disease free. The donor milk is carefully handled, inspected throughout the process and pasteurized using state-of-the-art methods that ensure safety and quality. There is a great need for education among consumers on the benefits of breast milk, the truth about breast milk, the advantages of donating breast milk, and the safety of using mother’s own or donor milk. Prolacta is leading this effort, as well as paving the way for a set of standardized procedures for the collection, testing, processing, storing and administration of human milk, whether in the milk bank setting with donors or the hospital setting with a mother’s own milk. Prolacta is using the Web version of the Timeless Laboratory Information Management System, commonly known as a LIMS/LIS, to manage their internal operations and to allow milk banks in any location and on any platform to securely and easily manage donors and their contributions online. Information on the Timeless LIMS may be found here.

About Prolacta

Prolacta Bioscience, headquartered in Monrovia, Calif. , develops and provides improved methods for large-scale testing and processing of human breast milk. Prolacta’s dedication to quality assurance in milk testing ensures that hospitals and physicians can trust the breast milk provided to premature babies meets the highest quality and safety standards. With its large-capacity human milk processing capabilities, Prolacta endeavors to provide a steady supply of high-quality processed donor milk to nourish hospitalized premature infants. Prolacta is devoted to ensuring that any qualified woman can donate milk, regardless of her location, through a network of hospital-based milk banks in communities across the country as well as through an initiative to develop a nationwide virtual milk bank.

For more information about Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. please call 888-776-5228 or visit www.Prolacta.com