Someone recently posted that sterile specimen containers are "free." Not in our hospital. We did a careful analysis of the different options and these DO cost money in our institution. And even tho the dollars and cents seems smaller on paper, ours don't fit any pump, the colostrum looks like less than it does in a volufeed (Check the amount of mL they hold) and the milk needs to be transfered to a volufeed to feed any way. So it is more cost effective to pump into them. And they, along with sterile water bottles are NOT free either. Mary Kay Smith, RN, IBCLC Romeoville IL near Chicago *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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