PIASTRA

What is PiAstra? PiAstra is a system used for monitoring pasteurization of flash heated Human Milk. Why use PiAstra? Human Milk has proven to be the source of optimal nutrition for all infants. For low birthweight infants especially, it is personalized medication as these infants are at great risk of developing necrotising enterocolitis, a very serious condition of the gut, if they don't get breastmilk. There are occasions when some mothers may struggle to provide enough milk in the first few days after delivery. It is vital that these infants are given donated human milk, which contains many immune components which strengthen the immune system; aid gut maturation and protect from infections. BUT international guidelines recommend that all donated human milk must be pasteurized before it is fed to infants. ENTER PiAstra: A portable / safe / reliable way of pasteurizing breastmilk at minimum cost to make access to donor human milk (DHM) possible. What makes PiAstra so special compared..