carol says,
<<  i have heard other rental
 people say they sterilize the pump and clean it, etc., between rentals (good
 idea) but i have also seen moms in the hospital go to the "pumping room" and
 sit down and use a pump, and no one is standing at the ready with cleaning
 and sterilizing equipment. >>

If any rental people are telling you they are actually sterilizing the pumps,
they aren't telling you the truth, or they haven't a clue as to what
sterilization means.  Clean it thoroughly?  Yes.  Absolutely.  Sterilize?
Absolutely not.

One might consider the fact that if mothers are encouraged to share/resell
the $250+ not-quite-hospital-grade-pump, then the pump company and/or the
rental stations would make less money because they would sell fewer of the
machines.

Of course, I'm sure that that particular mercenary thought never ever entered
the corporate minds.

Jan B, slightly cynical in Wheaton.

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