Libby wrote: "An employee called me today and said she had been to a breastfeeding class at the hospital where she plans to deliver and she was told that you should never share pumps. The LC told her to buy her own (which she sells)." Libby, If she is referring to a single use breastpump, like the Medela Mini-Electric or Pump in Style or Ameda's Purely Yours, or the like, then yes she needs to purchase her own. However, for the hospital grade electric breast pump you have, all she needs is a pump kit, which she may be able to purchase from the LC you mentioned. We use hospital grade electric pumps between patients and between staff who are pumping. They do need to be sanitized between users (a hospital approved disinfectant should be fine) but there should not be a problem with multiple users for this type of pump. That is what this type of pump is designed for! Sincerely, Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE Manhattan, KS USA [log in to unmask] http://www.networksplus.net/griese *********************************************** 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