Patent ID: 8775209

Claim:
A method for managing the acquisition and distribution of mother's milk in a hospital setting, comprising the steps of: a) providing a recipient with an electronically readable identification means; b) reading the recipient's identification from the identification means with a reader; c) printing labels with the recipient's identification in an electronically readable form with a printer and storing information about the labels in a database stored on a computer; d) collecting milk into containers and recording in a computer database the date and time at which the milk is expressed; e) labeling the containers with the printed labels; f) storing the containers in a refrigerator and recording in a computer database the time at which the milk is stored in the refrigerator; g) reading the recipient's identification from the identification means with a reader when feeding of the milk begins; h) reading the recipient's identification from the printed label with a reader when feeding of the milk begins; i) using the computer to compare the recipient's identification read from the identification means to the recipient's identification read from the printed label to insure that the correct containers are fed to the recipient and; j) using the computer database to compare the date and time at which the milk was expressed to the current date and time to check if the milk has passed its expiry date.