Dear Lactnet Friends:

I am responding to this comment in a recent post.  "I wear gloves when I
set up a pump. The kit is sterile until opened and my being gloved reduces
the risk of contamination from me."

This comment is inaccurate. Wearing gloves is no guarantee of cleanliness.
I watch the workers in the deli wear gloves while they do everything: cut
meat, wrap it, put the meat away, etc. etc. Their gloved hands are as
unclean as their bare hands are in this situation.

If  gloves are sterile, they will reduce the risk of contamination but only
if they are put on correctly. Merely wearing gloves is no guarantee that
the risk of contamination will be reduced; first of all, the gloves aren't
sterile to begin with.

Just wash  hands at home. That's always been the biggest protection. Or
have the mother set up the pump and guide her verbally so things are
colonized with her house germs.

warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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