Please forgive me if this has been discussed ad nauseam but I couldn't find it in the archives. Medela's instructions now state that pump parts should be taken apart and scrubbed after each use in soap and water and santized in boiling water for 10 minutes daily. I called the company to find out why the instructions state that it is necessary to sanitize daily for 10 minutes and was told that this was because women were getting so sloppy and not cleaning well and they wanted to send a message about how necessary it was to take care of the pump. It seems to me that supersaturating plastic in heat on a daily basis is not necessarily the answer to lax cleaning methods. The woman on the phone told me to write a letter to the company with my objections...I just wanted to put out feelers here to see what you all think? 
Kathy Lilleskov RN IBCLC

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