I rec'd this reply regarding my recent posting:


> I think the person who told you this was quite mistaken.  Recently A/E
was
> bought by Hollister and as a longterm pump rental station. Only two of
the
> A/E employees stayed on (the Pres.  and new prod. dev. person) I found
that
> some of the info. I received from A/E in recent months has not been
> accurate.
>
> I personally would not recomment using the disposible more than once.  I
> believe that they are made without the valve system that prevents milk
> back-up.  IMHO, there are moms who could easily have milk back-up and
> totally ignore it, therefore possible introducing bacteria over the long
> term.
>
> THis was true for the disposible attachments that I have seen in the past
6
> months.  Although, it's quite possible, they have been reconfigured and
our
> local hosp was getting rid of the old ones....
>


Thank you for  your reply.

 The A/E disposable kits do, however, have the same insides as the
hygienikit.    It uses the adapter cap and diaphragm and the the white
valve. These parts are interchangeable with the regular A/E reuseable kit.
My only concern lyes in the material that the product is made with.  The
instruction sheet states kit cannot be autoclaved or placed in a
sterilization machine.  Not a problem for the average mom, especially since
we know that sterilizing is not necessary under normal use.  With this
information, I haven't been able to understand the reason for "disposable"
or when the kit becomes unuseable.  The difference b/w the disposable and
reuseable is that the latter cannot be adapted to the one-hand hand pump.
It is strictly an electrikit.

Anyone else with some insight?

Thanks,

Wendy Thomson, RN, BSN, BSBA, IBCLC
Florida