Hi all, a thank you for your replies - very helpful. I received some private e-mails and they were consistent with all of you. One question I failed to include was if your infection control people became involved in how you clean, prepare the spoons. In my institution, we use the plastic spoons from the kitchen, wash with dish detertent and rinse until squeaky clean. TIA Christine *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html