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How
should I clean a hospital-grade pump?
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Linda Batastini RN, IBCLC |
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I
am a Lactation consultant at a hospital in New Jersey and am
getting many different answers about how to sanitize a
breastpump. My question to you is; how do you recommend someone
clean a hospital grade pump before the next patient uses it?
The
patients are educated on cleaning their own kit, but I was not
sure of how to clean the pump itself.
Thank you for you time!
Hospital
grade pumps are required to have a safety valve that does not
allow milk to regurgitate (backflow) into the pump. Each patient
has their own disposable kit, so that each kit is cleaned by
that woman. These kits can be used multiple times by a woman,
with cleanings after each use. But these kits can't be used by
more than one woman. The only thing that is necessary to clean
the pump is to wipe the pump off with the standard cleaning
solution that the hospital provides for other multi-patient use
equipment. This is a standard procedure in hospitals; you don't
need to do any more cleaning beyond this.
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