On 25/02/2011, at 11:57 PM, Colette wrote:

> Ameda has tubing that makes the system a closed one (only pump FDA  
> approved pump with protective barrier).

Its not actually the Ameda tubing that makes the difference, it is the  
design of the collection kit, which has a diaphram between the  
collection kit and the tubing, so no moisture can get into the tubing.

On 26/02/2011, at 6:30 AM, Phyllis Adamson IBCLC wrote:

> Best thing with a Medela kit is to ALWAYS leave the motor running,  
> with maxed out vacuum, while washing the personal pieces. By the  
> time you are done washing and setting it out to drip dry, the tubing  
> should be dry and you can turn the motor off. It is repeated use  
> without drying it out that allows an accumulation of moisture that  
> will inevitably travel into the PIS motor and cause trouble.



I'm not sure of the logic of this, it seems to me that the fluid would  
just be pulled down the tubing into the motor if you keep the motor  
on.  I found the best method when I was using the symphony was to take  
the tubing outside and spin it around my head as fast as possible a  
couple of times a day.  All the moisture went out of it.  Also no  
matter how I sat, making sure I never allowed the milk to fill a  
bottle moisture still went into the tubes.

Jenny


Jenny Doncon
Breastfeeding Counsellor, IBCLC, Australia

(read my expressing story here: http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41257 
  and my weaning diary here http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40015)

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