Kathy, You make me realise that I never questioned this and have always taken it as one of those things ''everyone knows''. No, I never tested and never read any research on it, just presumed it to be true. I think it may even stem from my childhood where I learned from my mother or even grandmother to always do the milky things with cold first and hot afterwards.
Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL, learning in southern Netherlands
Kathy Eng <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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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