![]() It is safe to store used breast pump parts in the refrigerator until the next pumping, rather than having to clean the parts after each use.Soiled tubing indicates that there is something faulty with either the tubing connection or the pump valves. Breast pump tubing that has visible milk or mold inside of it should be thrown away because the tubing is hard to clean properly.Breast pump tubing should be boiled once a day, to prevent bacteria from contaminating the breast pump filter.What do you think are true statements regarding the CDC’s new breast pump kit cleaning recommendations? (choose 1 or more) The mother reportedly placed her breast pump parts in a basin of soapy water after use, and less than 5 hours later would rinse, air dry, and store the pump parts in a plastic bag. The medical team isolated a bacteria called Cronobacter sakazakii as the offending pathogen, and in their investigation of the source contaminant(s), including breastmilk fortifiers, supplements, tap water, etc, they found the same strain of Cronobacter Sakazakii in 11 samples of mother’s expressed breastmilk, and from the valves of her personal breast pump kit. The premature infant, born at 29 weeks gestation, developed a blood infection (sepsis) at 21 days of age, which led to severe infection of the brain, resulting in life-long devastating neurologic impairment. In April of 2016, a tragic case of infant illness thought to be due to breastmilk contamination led the CDC to develop standard recommendations for breast pump kit cleaning, in order to prevent these events in the future. ![]() What is the recommended way to clean breast pump parts, to prevent infant illness? In July 2017, the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently published their pump kit cleaning recommendations. ![]()
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