At 02:18 PM 9/5/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Lisa Marasco and others- How do you allow "trial periods" of the PIS? I
>think that's a great idea, but wondered how.<<
>
>I allow moms to try the pump out briefly in my office. We'll go through the
>manual, the lactina, the PNS, the NurIII, and she is able to see how each
>works on her and how comfortable she is with each.  *Then*, she makes her
>selection. I have parts that I reuse---- I rinse with cold water first, then
>wash in hot soapy water, then boil in water in a covered pot with a little
>vinegar for 20 minutes, then air dry. The literature that I have on hand
>shows that this should be more than adequate--- I can't imagine anything
>living through all that and still be able to contaminate the next trial.
>Mothers are told in advance of my sterility procedures so that, should
>someone not feel comfortable, they could decline the pump trial.  When you
>consider that doctors use metal instruments with multiple patients that have
>been briefly washed and then tossed in alcohol to soak......................
>
>-Lisa Marasco, BA, LLLL, IBCLC
>
>

How can you afford to have a PNS and Nuture just for trial use?

Rose Marie Straeter, IBCLC
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