Every mother gets her own shield and her own pump set up.  No risk for
cross infection.  Mother wash all set ups and shields with hot soapy
water between feeds and dry on a clean paper towel.  No increase in
infection in our nursery w/o  steralizing.  But definately their own
products, not shared with other patients.
Darlene Breed BS, RN, IBCLC
Coordinator, Milk Bank/Breastfeeding Center
Worcester, MA (USA)

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:28:57 +0800 Val Best RN RM IBCLC
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>In view of the risk of sterilizing breast pump equip. and hep C and
>HIV, is there a risk with nipple shields too?  The reason I ask is
>that in my local hospital nipple shields are kept in the nursery in
>communal milton sterilizing solution and used for more than one
>person.  Or one person uses one at her bedside, when no longer
>needed, it is returned to the communal milton solution.  Personally
>I think this practice is outdated, what are other centres doing.
>Val in Busselton, Western Australia
>Rn Rm IBCLC
>

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