Medela PISA - cleaning tubes?

operaghost · August 2014

I have a Medela PISA and the tubes have gotten cloudy - it looks like water from washing the pumps may have gotten in the tubes. How on earth am I supposed to wash them/dry them out? I checked the manual but I feel like if I get more water in the tubes they'll never dry. Should I just buy new tubes?

AllTheTeaInChina · August 2014

I rinsed mine with water and put them over the back of a chair to dry overnight. There was a couple water spots but mostly clear.

mommatotwo2 · August 2014

I would personally call Medala and ask for their advice, they have excellent customer service, they may even send you another set free of charge, I've heard of them doing such things. To avoid that issue in the future, just make sure your pump parts are really dry before hooking them back on and when you're done pumping, unhook the tubes from the parts and let the pump continue to run for about 2 minutes.

NCbeachgirl2452 · August 2014

My manual says to connect the tube to the pump but not the bottle parts and turn on the pump - it will push air back and forth through the tubes and dry them out!

Peanutz21 · August 2014

NCbeachgirl2452 said:

My manual says to connect the tube to the pump but not the bottle parts and turn on the pump - it will push air back and forth through the tubes and dry them out!

this is what i do.

i don't think the condensation is from the pump parts being wet but perhaps due to the heat from the milk if that makes any sense

after my session is over i leave the pump on for a few minutes while i'm putting my milk away and this does the trick