I thought the Australian experience here might be of interest. Many people
here use 'cold water sterilisers' or hypochlorite solutions for sterilising
bottles, teats, dummies, breast pump parts, etc. These are basically bleach
solutions. The instructions tell you to soak the items in these for at
least 2 hours (I think - it's a long time since I had need to use them) and
to use unrinsed, straight out of the solution.

However, if a mum has a problem with thrush, then it is suggested that she
use boiling instead of the cold water solutions for sterilising, as the
latter are not guaranteed to kill the thrush.

Interesting that someone else is suggesting that the chlorine treatment be
added to boiling to help kill yeast. I am not sure how 10% bleach compares
with the strength of the hypochlorite solutions as made up as instructed.

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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