Nutrition Advisory Committee (NAC) is comprised of leading registered dietitians from around the country. Their mission is to provide neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with clinical expertise, research, insights, and guidance on premature infant nutrition. They also serve as a resource to fellow clinicians for education and support around the growing use of an exclusive human milk diet for extremely premature infants.
Human Milk Feeding and Fortification of Human Milk What is an exclusive human milk diet? What is a human milk fortifier? What is your recipe for fortifying with non-standardized donor milk? How do you make 22 calories fortified breast milk with Prolact+? How do you fortify breast milk to 26 calories or 30 calories? What is the AAP Policy on donor breast milk? How does your unit use Prolact CR®? Implementing Human Milk Diet in the NICU What is your feeding protocol in the use of an EHMD? What is a NICU's cost in using Prolacta products? How should a facility order, store, and calculate inventory for human milk products? What is your policy on informed consent with the use of donor milk? What is the expiration date of human milk when mixed with Prolacta products? How do you limit volume displacement of mom’s milk with Prolact+? What is your policy on colostrum swabbing? How do you transition off Prolact+? Results and Experience with an Exclusive Human Milk Diet What clinical outcomes have you seen in premature infants on an EHMD? What growth patterns have you seen in premature infants on an EHMD? Have you seen lab variances in patients on an exclusive human milk diet? What is your experience with feeding intolerance on Prolact+ fortifiers? Supplementation Can you meet protein recommendations with an exclusive human milk diet? How do you supplement babies on an EHMD for vitamins? What is your experience in the use of probiotics in your NICU? Should I introduce protein instead of fat in the infants diet?