We have all of our mothers wash with hot soapy water after use. Rinse well. They do not have to steralize. Even the mothers in the NICU use one set up and keep it in a plastic basin. They wash with hot soapy water (only the parts that touch the milk) and rinse well, air dry on clean paper towel. We have been doing this for more than two years and no increase in infection rate at all. Darlene Breed, RN, BSN, IBCLC Worcester, MA (USA) >does a mom need to boil the equipment from a sealed brand new package >before >she can use it? ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]