When I had my son, the hospital took a clean pharmacy bottle ( for pills) 
and filled it with dish soap for me to wash the pump parts with.  I assume 
all hospitals have new pill bottles available and you don't have to worry 
about buying the dish soap in individual sized bottles.

-Christine Hood
group faciliator and educator
BirthMatters, Rochester, NY

> Date:    Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:40:46 -0700
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: washing pump parts (castile soap)
>
> Thanks everyone for the info.
> A while ago I heard that some were using very small bottles or packets of 
> Joy liquid dish soap to wash pump kits because it had alcohol in it and it 
> washed off easily.
> Will have to see what my hospital is willing to buy.
> Phyllis
>
> ---- [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> Is there any problem with using the liquid body wash they use for 
>> showering as
>> the soap for washing pump parts?
>>
>>
>> Phyllis,
>> ?We asked the manufacturer if there was a problem with using this in the 
>> hospital & they replied that it is not meant for use on items that were 
>> used for food consumption. We then heard that others are using castile 
>> soap, which is a pure concentrated soap. Other than that we have used 
>> dishwashing liquid, but can't find a distributer for the very small 
>> bottles of liquid.
>>
>> Laura Hart
>> Winter Park, Florida
>>
>>
>>

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