Congratulations to St. Luke's Heart of America Mothers' Milk Bank opening this month in Kansas City and thank you for giving us the honor of supplying a Calais Analyzer to your new milk bank.
The ONLY internationally validated method for milk analysis (AOAC)
Human milk analysis is becoming a key part of care in neonatal intensive care units. Many hospitals are creating milk laboratories to optimize human milk nutrition. There has been a pervasive (but incorrect) belief that preterm babies do not make optimal weight gains with human milk. That statement should be replaced with "preterm babies do not make optimal weight gain with inadequate protein and nutrients." By understanding the difference between total (crude) protein and true protein, a clearer picture begins to emerge. And because of the varying levels of nutrients present in breast milk throughout the day and throughout the early weeks of lactation, hospital neonatal staff no longer assume that all mother's milk fits neatly into the "averages" for protein, fat and lactose.
Preterm babies born weighing less than 1,500 grams at birth often require fortification to deliver the requisite amount of protein and minerals to attain normal growth and brain development. Neonatal intensive care units using the Calais Analyzer have observed an astounding range of protein, fat and total calories in the mother's milk provided for preterm infants in their care.
Mother's milk is ideal in every way for full term babies, but when it comes to very low birthweight preterm babies, nearly four times more protein is required. This protein is normally provided through the placental blood to the growing fetus, but when babies are born too soon, the rapid growth required of the preterm baby is dependant upon having enough protein and minerals. The baby's developing brain is especially sensitive to protein deficiency.
Founded to bring quality and safety improvements.
North American Instruments was founded to bring quality and safety improvements to the way human milk is handled, stored and dispensed to medically fragile infants in neonatal intensive care units.
All babies need human milk but for preterm babies, human milk is often a life saver. It is our business to make human milk as easy (or easier) for the bedside nurse to dispense as any other form of nutrition so that any barriers to the use of human milk may be removed.
The Calais Human Milk Analyzer is emblematic of NAI's commitment to this cause.
All babies need human milk but for preterm babies, human milk is often a life saver. It is our business to make human milk as easy (or easier) for the bedside nurse to dispense as any other form of nutrition so that any barriers to the use of human milk may be removed.
The Calais Human Milk Analyzer is emblematic of NAI's commitment to this cause.
Contact us at at (951) 813-8468 or email us info at calaisanalyzer.com
North American Instruments, LLC, provides analytical instruments to monitor the nutritional quality of human breast milk in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). The MIR analyzer is the industry standard, being the only milk analyzer being offered for NICU use which uses an internationally validated method for milk analysis. A revolution in human milk usage is occuring in neonatal intensive care units with mid infrared range analysis leading the way. Used as a way to determine the nutritional quality of mother's milk, the Calais Analyzer does not make claims about infant outcomes. NIR (near infrared) is not validated for milk analysis. We compete with the MIRIS analyzer and the Unity Scientific NIR (near infrared analyzer) which is used as part of the SPIN system and University of California at San Diego. Analyzing human milk in the NICU will help neonatal staff understand the nutritional quality of mother's milk provided for their infants. Breast milk analysis is on the forefront of neonatal nutrition, as the full understanding of protein levels, both true protein and total protein is necessary for a thorough understanding of human milk nutrition. Nutrition chemistry is an important part of neonatal intensive care unit business as there is a popular but incorrect belief that preterm infants receiving human milk do not grow at optimal rates. It should be understood that preterm babies receiving inadequate protein fail to grow. Human milk without fortification has inadquate protein to support the rapid growth of preterm infants, very low birthweight infants, extremely low birthweight infants and babies with inborn errors of metabolism.
North American Instruments, LLC, provides analytical instruments to monitor the nutritional quality of human breast milk in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). The MIR analyzer is the industry standard, being the only milk analyzer being offered for NICU use which uses an internationally validated method for milk analysis. A revolution in human milk usage is occuring in neonatal intensive care units with mid infrared range analysis leading the way. Used as a way to determine the nutritional quality of mother's milk, the Calais Analyzer does not make claims about infant outcomes. NIR (near infrared) is not validated for milk analysis. We compete with the MIRIS analyzer and the Unity Scientific NIR (near infrared analyzer) which is used as part of the SPIN system and University of California at San Diego. Analyzing human milk in the NICU will help neonatal staff understand the nutritional quality of mother's milk provided for their infants. Breast milk analysis is on the forefront of neonatal nutrition, as the full understanding of protein levels, both true protein and total protein is necessary for a thorough understanding of human milk nutrition. Nutrition chemistry is an important part of neonatal intensive care unit business as there is a popular but incorrect belief that preterm infants receiving human milk do not grow at optimal rates. It should be understood that preterm babies receiving inadequate protein fail to grow. Human milk without fortification has inadquate protein to support the rapid growth of preterm infants, very low birthweight infants, extremely low birthweight infants and babies with inborn errors of metabolism.
