Sterilising on the go??

[Sunnyb]

Forgive me for sounding stupid as I've never needed to do this before. But my steriliser says it will keep things sterile for 6 hours if unopened. My question is, if I sterilise my breastpump equipment & bottle & put it into the carrybag supplied with my Medela Swing pump will it be sterile when I come to express milk later on??
I just don't understand the sterile/not sterile if it has remained untouched until the time it's used.

Sunnyb xxx

 

[xxbeckyxx]

Meh, I worried for ages about this but I give up now! One lot of instructions I read said something along the lines of 'wash, sterilise and then dry with a towel before use'. Now, not being funny, I'm not going to get a clean towel out every time I want to dry something baby-related. And if I do, who's to say that the drawer I got the towel from is clean enough? If my towel has been dried outside then what if a bug sat on it and 'gave it' germs??


So yeah, it's a minefield. Personally I wouldn't worry about it too much as long as stuff is clean. The worst thing would be if there was leftover milk residue but after washing and sterilising that's very unlikely

 

[Maria1977]

I think once it's been sterlised it's fine really. I used to re-sterlise if the bottles had just sat in the sterliser after 48 hours. I think you'll be ok to keep them in the bag til ready for use xxx

 

[Minchin]

yeah as the others said should be fine. I'd sterilise mine then take it somewhere in the bag and use it a days later, was ok for us xx

 

[kellylou]

We just sterilise and seal and use when ready