The volufeeds are individually wrapped and are sterile from the ABM
company we get them from.  The caps are clean and packed using sterile
gloves by volunteers in our hospital.  We use clean caps.  We have never
had a problem with using clean caps.  You should not be storing milk
using a nipple.  The cap is much better than a nipple.
Darlene Breed, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Worcester, MA (USA)

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:50:57 EDT [log in to unmask] writes:
><< The moms pump into sterile volufeeds and attach
> sterile caps.  >>
>
>Yes, but the formula company that provides us with the volufeeds
>(which are
>not sterile by the way), tells us that there is no such thing as
>sterile caps
>that fit the volufeeds.  Of course, we must resort to storing the
>volufeeds
>with a formula company-provided nipple.  Where do you obtain these
>sterile
>caps for the volufeeds?  Your answer could serve to solve a years-old
>problem
>in our NICU of finding an air-tight cap for these volufeeds
>
>Thanks very much,
>Stacey Richards RNC, MA, 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

___________________________________________________________________
Get the Internet just the way you want it.
Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month!
Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

             ***********************************************
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