Sekhon MK, et al. - From January 1, 2010, to September 30, 2016, the researchers assessed the impact of an umbilical cord milking protocol (UCM) and pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) rates in infants less than 30 weeks gestational age. A retrospective review of six hundred thirty-eight infants born less than 30 weeks gestational age was performed. They used logistic regression to determine independent significance of time epoch, gestational age, birth weight, and patent ductus arteriosus for NEC, surgical NEC, and death/NEC. Findings revealed that an umbilical cord milking protocol and pasteurized donor human milk availability was correlated with decreased rates of NEC and surgical NEC and this suggested an additive effect of these interventions in preventing NEC.