In a message dated 9/7/01 9:10:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > does anyone have a trick for getting the smell of cigarette > smoke off of returned pumps? > > Isn't it amazing what is in those pumps when they are returned?Both in the > cases and in the classic pumps. Lots of bugs, both dead and alive, lots of > dried milk and spilled drinks, cigarette ashes, spilled nail polish, > something that I think it was jello-it was neon green, and once a baby > mouse inside the case-dead. And toenail clippings-how do those get in > there? For a Classic pump, I dismantle, clean inside and out with > disinfectant, rinse, and and then clean with glass cleaner. That seems to > help with the smell. I also replace the tubing. That seems to hold in the > smokey smell. We have such humidity here that the tubing needs requent > replacing anyway, due to mildew in it--the tubing that runs under the > bottom of the classic pump. For a Lactina, I clean with disinfectant and > then glass cleaner. Then turn the pump on and run for awhile to clear out > the system. > > Barb Whitehead, IBCLC > *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html