Data was collected from multiple hospitals (n=12,000) across the U.S. in a yearlong and continuing study using the hospitals’ own and current warming methods. The results from the data showed nearly 80% of feedings are not in the Thermo-Neutral Zone (TNZ).

The Penguin® Nutritional Warmer guarantees 100% of feedings are delivered in the Thermo-Neutral Zone.

The study found that almost fifty-five percent (55%) of the feedings in the NICU (using the hospitals’ current warming methods) were below TNZ with readings as low as 52.7°F. Twenty-three percent (23%) of the feedings were above the TNZ with readings as high as 118.2°F.

Feeding Milk at the Perfect Temperature

By Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS

In many Neonatal Intensive Care Units, nurses use polysterene foam cups full of hot tap water to warm up expressed breast milk for feeding. This low-tech method of warming creates many problems. The milk can become too warm, but more often remains too cold because we are too busy to rewarm the water. This method is not ideal for frozen milk. Not infrequently, we knock over cups of water at the bedside. And let us not forget that we are filling our landfills with styrofoam.

Leave it to a nurse to come up with a better solution. The Penguin® Nutritional Warmer is a hospital grade instrument and is the industry’s most reliable and efficient break milk warmer. The Penguin® warms the milk to the Thermal-Neutral Zone (TNZ) which is a tight and specific range of 90 to 100 degrees, which is where the human body enzymes function optimally. The Penguin® gently vibrates the milk, mixing the milk, milk fat, and proteins, eliminating hot spots in the syringe/bottle for a controlled, even temperature. The Penguin® can be used for breast milk, formula, or any other liquid. After the feeding reaches the TNZ, it will hold temperature for an additional 30 minutes, so if the baby falls back to sleep or the feeding is delayed for some reason, the feeding remains warm.