Enteral Zinc Supplementation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

The pharmacy will be the one preparing the Zinc sulfate. The zinc sulfate comes in 220 mg tablets which are then mixed with 1 ml of Oral plus (a common suspending agent) as well as 9 ml of Sterile water. This then makes a Zinc Sulfate 22 mg/ml oral suspension which will be dispensed in an amber syringe.

The placebo group with will receive a similar amount of sterile water in a colored syringe