> Gonneke wrote: "I like this protocol, but would like to add that it 
> works better if all parts are rinsed with cold water right after use 
> and only then washed in hot soapy water. Using hot water right away 
> will make the proteins to coagulate and stick to the material.
> For home environment I would use normal dishwashing detergent in the 
> same amount as used for doing the dishes."
>
> May I respectfully ask where the idea that the milk protein would 
> stick to the pump parts if not rinsed out with cold water comes from? 
> I have washed literally hundreds of pump parts for mothers and have 
> never noticed anything that looks like a coating afterwards. I 
> sometime have to start the wash with cold water, but sometimes we just 
> dump the pieces into a big bowl of hot soapy water. We use Ameda 
> parts, which are clear and shiny and they always come out clear and 
> shiny no matter what the water temperature is. If you rub your finger 
> on the plastic afterward you can't feel anything, nor see anything
> Would this milk protein, or I have also heard it as the fat, be 
> something that you could see with the naked eye? Do the pieces come 
> out cloudy?
>
> I used to tell mothers the same thing but then started paying 
> attention and have not seen any coating on the pump pieces that I have 
> washed each time. So now I don't tell them this. But if this is 
> research based, I will start again!
>
> Thanks, we learn so much on this list. Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC, Houston, 
> TX, USA
>
>

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