Medela sanitization question

SouthRNComfort

I have the Medela PISA breast pump and the manual says to clean all parts after each use (duh) and sanitize all parts once a day. Is the sanitize part necessary? I was under the impression that you sanitize bottles and breast pump parts once (before first use) but after that just cleaning with hot water and soap is fine. The theory being that as long as your faucet water is safe for drinking, it's safe to clean baby bottle parts, etc. Public water supply has significantly improved over the last 50 years and sanitization is only necessary if you use well water. Has anyone not sanitized their Medela breast pump parts daily and had problems? Or does Medela suggest daily sanitization so they can sell their microwave steam sanitization bags? Thanks in advance for the replies.

Myaflowers

casey78 said:

IMO, that's completely unnecessary unless your baby has special immune needs. Otherwise, I'd sterilize it all first, wash at the end of the day (otherwise, just keep pump parts in fridge), And maybe sterilize at the end of the week. Someone posted something similar and got lots of responses a few days back: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12279468/mamas-who-pump#latest

All of this. And definitely store pump parts in a ziploc and put in the fridge instead of washing after every use. I'm not going to lie, toward the end of my time pumping, I got lazy and only washed pump parts every other day. I never had any problems.

mommatotwo2

Myaflowers said:

casey78 said:

IMO, that's completely unnecessary unless your baby has special immune needs. Otherwise, I'd sterilize it all first, wash at the end of the day (otherwise, just keep pump parts in fridge), And maybe sterilize at the end of the week. Someone posted something similar and got lots of responses a few days back: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12279468/mamas-who-pump#latest

All of this. And definitely store pump parts in a ziploc and put in the fridge instead of washing after every use. I'm not going to lie, toward the end of my time pumping, I got lazy and only washed pump parts every other day. I never had any problems.

All of this, both quotes! Except I do only use a refrigerated pump set 24 hours. I have several sets.

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BootsOrHearts

I wash them after every pumping session but only sanitized once a week or when I got time. Except now with the thrush I sterilize every time. It's actually kinda nice putting on warm flanges. I could never keep them in the fridge personally, brrrr!

mommatotwo2

I forgot to say, I only sterilize the membranes once a week. Everything else just goes in the dishwasher and is never sterilized via boiling except prior to the first use.

SouthRNComfort

Thanks!