The first time I heard the term "hospital grade" questioned, then re-defined, was when the owners of Hygeia were marketing their new products. 

They defined "hospital grade" as having to do solely with the electrical wiring, and that it was up to hospital standards.
Hospitals don't want anything that might cause a fire and they usually want their Bio-Med Dept to review any electric device including your radios and office coffee pots before you are allowed to plug them in.

Another reason that rang true was that on at least one of the other rmajor brands of double electric pumps, you could choose a "standard" electric cord or a "heavy duty" or "hospital" cord - which cost more, of course.

How did we get stuck on the term "hospital grade"?

Phyllis

---- Elizabeth Brooks <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 

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There is no such thing as a "hospital-grade breastpump", which is a suave
marketing term (that absolutely *works* because I used that phrase for
years). This link is to a nice, accurate article from the U. S. Food & Drug
Administration (which oversees pump safety/effectiveness). Pumps are better
described as single- or multi-user.
http://tinyurl.com/c4nzx9h


-- 
Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

            
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Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ.
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