A video about how to wash and sterilise formula equipment.
Source: KidsHealth
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[Music]
Voice
Washing and sterilising of feeding equipment is very important. It is also very important to have clean hands when handling feeding equipment or preparing formula.
[Music]
Lactation consultant
Make sure the sides or seams are well cleaned. You just need to push it really firmly in and concentrate around the top and around the bottom.
[Sounds of washing and running water]
Mum
Is there a certain way I do it?
[Sounds of washing and running water]
Lactation consultant
No just as long as you're cleaning really briskly because we want to make sure that there's nothing left inside there because any residue can make a difference when you're trying to sterilise the equipment.
[Sounds of washing and running water]
Just get right up inside that teat and make sure that you get all the rims round the outside because milk can dry and cause a coating and you want to make sure it's all gone.
[Scrubbing sounds]
Mum
OK.
Lactation consultant
Well done.
[Scrubbing sounds]
Mum
And rinse it as well?
Lactation consultant
Now rinse it in hot water.
[Sound of tap being turned on and water running]
[Muffled comments]
And the casing the same, making sure you go right in around the centre
[Sounds of washing and running water]
Voice
Your newborn baby is at risk of infection so you must wash and sterilise all feeding equipment to kill any bugs until your baby is 3 months old.
[Sound of gas ring being turned on]
[Sound of gas ring on]
Lactation consultant
Roimata, it's really important that we sterilise the equipment really well and obviously we've gone through the boiling technique because that suits you but there are different types of sterilising, there's ... you can use a tablet form and soaking and you can use microwave sterilisers and they're all available obviously from, um, pharmacies. Um, whichever form of sterilisation that you use, it's really important that you follow
the instructions that are on the um, container ...
Mum
Yeah.
Lactation consultant
... to the maximum really because we do want to make sure that the preparation and the sterilisation is optimal for this little person.
[Music]
Voice
After 3 months, thorough washing and rinsing is enough.
[Muffled conversation]
[Music]
Voice
Always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water and dry them on a clean cloth or paper towel before sterilising the equipment or making your baby's formula.
Lactation consultant
Great, just dry them over there.
Key messages in other languages
Te patu tipu (Te Reo Māori)
He mea nui te horoi me te whakahoromata i ngā utauta whāngai. He mea nui tonu kia mā hoki ō ringa ina raweke ana i ngā utauta whāngai, te whakarite paura miraka rānei.
Ka tūpono tō pēpi hou ki ngā mate nō reira me mātua horoi me te whakahoromata i ngā utauta whāngai katoa hei patu i ngā tipu katoa kia eke rā anō tō pēpi ki te 3 marama. I muri i te 3 marama, he pai te āta horoi.
Me āta horoi koe i ō ringa i ngā wā katoa ki te hopi me te wai ka taora ki tētahi taora mā, taora pepa rānei i mua i tō whakahoromata utauta, te mahi rānei i te paura miraka mā tō pēpi.
Tamate he tau moko kelea (Vagahau Niue, Niuean)
Mahuiga lahi e holoholo mo e tunu fakameā he tau koloa palu huhu. Mua atu foki ke fakameā fakamakutu e tau lima ka fota he tau koloa fakameā poke ke palu aki e tau huhu.
Mukamuka ke moua he muke haau e tau gagao ti kua lata ke fakameā fakalahi e tau koloa taute huhu ke keli aki e tau moko kelea ato tū e 3 mahina. Ka molea e 3 mahina, kua lata ni ke holoholo fakameā mo e fufulu.
Holoholo tumau e tau lima haau aki e magamoli mo e vai ti fakamōmō aki e kalaie poke pepa tauela to fano ke fakameā e tau koloa taute huhu poke palu ai e huhu he muke haau.
Tapēina o siama (Gagana Sāmoa, Samoan)
O le fufuluina ma le vaivelaina o mea e fa‘aaoga i le faiga o mea‘ai e tāua tele. E tāua tele fo‘i le mamā o lima pe a tagofia mea e fa‘aaogā mo le saunia o fagu susu.
E faigofie lava ona ‘apoina lau pepe fa‘ato‘a fanau mai i ma‘i po o inifeti ma e tatau ai lava ona fufulu lelei ma vaivela mea e fa‘aaoga ina ia tapēina ai ni siama se ‘ia o‘o i le 3 masina le matua o lau pepe. A uma loa le 3 masina, o le a fa‘agata ai loa le fufuluina ma‘eae‘a o mea e fa‘aaogā.
Ia fufulu lelei ou lima i taimi uma lava i le fasimoli ma vai ma solo mago lelei i se solo mamā po o se pepa solo fo‘i a o le i vaivelaina mea e fa‘aaoga po o le faiga o le fagususu a lau pepe.
Fufuluga ma te tāmatega o nā hiama i nā meafaigāluega mō te formula (Gagana Tokelau, Tokelauan)
Ko te fufuluga ma te tāmatega (sterilising) o nā mea e fakahuhu ai te pepe e tāua lahi lele. E tāua lahi lele foki ke fufulu nā lima kāfai e tagofia nā mea e fakaaogā mō te fafāgaga pe ko te hauniga o te formula.
Ko tau pepe fou fatoā fānau mai e āfāina lahi i nā famai e tatau la koe ke fufulu mamā ma tāmate uma nā hiama i nā mea e fakaaogā i te fafāgaga pe ko te hauniga o te formula ke kātoa te 3 mahina te matua. E uma loa te 3 māhina, ko te fufulu fakamāeaea ma te lūlū kua lava.
Fakamāhani oi fufulu ke mamā lelei ō lima i he meamoli ma te vai ma fakamago i he meakie mamā pe he holo pepa ka ko hēki tāmatea nā hiama i nā mea faigāluega pe ko te paluga o te formula a tau pepe.
Tāmate‘i ‘o ha siemu (Lea Faka-Tonga, Tongan)
‘Oku mahu‘inga ‘aupito ‘a hono fufulu pea mo hono haka ‘o e ngaahi nāunau fafanga ‘a e pēpee´. ‘Oku mahu‘inga foki ke ma‘a ‘a e nima´ ‘i he taimi ‘oku´ te ala ai ki he ngaahi nāunau fafanga´ pe teuteu‘i ai ‘a e hina huhu´.
‘Oku tu‘u laveangofua ‘a ho‘o pēpē toki fanau‘i´ ke ne ma‘u ha mahaki pipihi pea ko ia ai kuo pau ke ke fufulu pea haka ‘a e ngaahi nāunau fafanga kotoa pē ke tāmate‘i ha ngaahi siemu kae‘oua kuo māhina 3 ‘a ho‘o pēpee´. Hili ‘a e māhina 3, ‘oku fe‘unga pē ‘a hono mātu‘aki fufulu mo vaima‘a ‘o e nāunau fafanga´.
Fanofano ma‘u pē ho nima´ ke mātu‘aki ma‘a ‘aki ha koa mo ha vai pea holoholo ‘aki ha taueli pe taueli pepa kimu‘a pea´ ke toki haka ‘a e nāunau fafanga´ pe teuteu‘i ‘a e hina huhu ‘a ho‘o pēpee´.
Te tāmate‘anga i te au manumanu kino rikiriki (Māori Kuki Airani, Cook Islands)
E tuanga puapinga maata te tāmā meitaki ma te akapapu i te au apinga kaikai kia kore e tiemu o runga. E mea puapinga maata katoa kia ma meitaki te rima me amirimiri‘ia te au apinga angai pepe, me kore ra, me teatea-mamao‘ia tana formula.
E turanga ngoie to taau pepe tei anau ou mai e tu‘ia ai aia e te au maki piri, no reira koe ka anoano‘ia kia tāma meitaki ma te akapapu e kare te tiemu i runga i te au apinga kaikai a taau pepe, e tae ua atu aia ki te 3 marama. Me pou te 3 marama, ka rava ua te tāma pera ua e te ruru tama pako ki te vai.
E tāma meitaki ua rai koe i toou nga rima ki te pu‘a e te vai, ka tāmaro ei ki tetai kakau ma, me kore ra ki tetai tauera pepa, i mua ake ka tunu ei ki te vai vera i te au apinga maani u, me kore ra, maani i te formula a taau pepe.
杀死病菌 (简体中文, Chinese simplified)
对喂奶设备进行清洗和消毒，十分重要。接触喂奶设备或准备配方奶之前，洗净双手也十分重要。
新生儿易受病菌侵袭，所以在您的婴儿3个月大之前，您必须对所有喂奶设备进行清洗和消毒，杀死病菌。3个月之后，就只需对其彻底清洗。
一定要用肥皂和清水把您的手彻底洗干净，再用清洁的布或纸巾擦干，然后再给设备消毒或为您的婴儿准备配方奶。
殺菌及消毒餵奶器具 (繁體中文, Chinese traditional)
清洗及消毒餵奶器具十分重要。在接觸餵奶器具或泡奶時清潔雙手也非常重要。
您的新生兒很容易受到感染，所以您在寶寶滿3個月大之前必須清潔及消毒所有餵奶器具，以殺滅所有病菌。3個月大之後，徹底的清洗器具及沖水即足夠。
務必在每一次消毒器具或沖泡寶寶的配方奶之前，先以肥皂及清水徹底洗手，並以乾淨的布或紙巾擦乾手。
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Key messages
Washing and sterilising of feeding equipment is very important. It is also very important to have clean hands when handling feeding equipment or preparing formula.
Your newborn baby is at risk of infection so you must wash and sterilise all feeding equipment to kill any bugs until your baby is 3 months old. After 3 months, thorough washing and rinsing is enough.
Always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water and dry them on a clean cloth or paper towel before sterilising the equipment or making your baby’s formula.
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