Chris,

Although some hospitals recommend sterilizing pump parts daily, not all
do.  If you haven't already, you might want to take a look at the
guidelines from the Human Milk Banking Association of North America
(www.hmbana.org).  Their 1999 Recommendations for Collection, Storage and
Handling of a Mother's Milk for Her Own Infant in the Hospital Setting by
Lois Arnold, MPH, IBCLC does not list daily sterilization of collection
kit parts as a recommendation, even for sick babies.   They say simply:

"Accessory kits...should be cleaned after each use with hot soapy water
and throoughly rinsed.  Washing in a diswasher is also acceptable."

They also say, "...the more difficult and complicated milk expression
becomes, the less likely that mothers will continue to express for
extended periods of time."

Many institutions use these guidelines when writing their protocols.

Hope this helps,

Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC
Lactation Education Specialist, Hollister, Inc.







It has come to our attention that many of the mothers who pump milk for
their
infants in our NICU do not sterilize their pump parts daily. Various
reasons
are given since some of these mothers are staying around the clock in
parent
rooms and others are staying at Ronald McDonald House next door. I would
like
to be able to provide these mothers with the microsteam bags to use in any
microwave. I am getting resistance because of hospital liability if they
burn
themselves. We were told we could not put a microwave in the pump room in
the NICU
because "it may be used to heat food". Does anyone use these bags and how
did
you get them approved in your institution?




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