The First Philippine made microprocessor controlled pasteurizer testing for bacterial safety and preservation of IGA

Gloria  Ramirez,; Nenita  del Rosario,; Vincent  Valentus,; Ma. Cristina Vince  Cruz,

The First Philippine made microprocessor controlled pasteurizer testing for bacterial safety and preservation of IGA

Gloria Ramirez | Nenita del Rosario | Vincent Valentus | Ma. Cristina Vince Cruz

Abstract:

Human milk confers protective, nutritive developmental, anti-inflammatory, growth and immunomodulatory factors. The current recommendations are that the mother’s own milk can be used first, and when breast feeding is not possible expressed breast milk should be given to the baby. However, proven concerns about the safety of donor milk have led neonatologists to pasteurization. PCMC and ASTI jointly developed the first microprocessor controlled table top pasteurizer suitable for a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or for the individual working mother. This pasteurizer was found to provide precise well controlled stable temperatures. At 59°C encoded temperature, for 25 minutes, all bacterial colonies including Pseudomonas (7x10*col/ml), Klebsiella (15x10? col /ml), Enterobacter (5x10° col /ml), E coli (100/ml) and Constaph (8 x10* col/ml) were completely destroyed at the end of the pasteurization. There was preservation of 84% of IgA.

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