Liquid med syringes - best way to clean and sanitize?
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| That's the way I've always cleaned them, too but I'm not the most meticulous when it comes to that stuff so I'll bet someone may have a serious sanitizing routine. With my old girl, all her meds had to be liquid, too, and I started using measuring spoons, mixed her meds with a couple tablespoons of yogurt and fed it to her from a bowl I could toss in the dishwasher. I felt like with the oiliness, it ws hard to feel like those syringes were ever really getting all the way clean, too. |
| You do what you can.......soap, hot water and lots of rinsing. |
| The best way is to get a three way stop cock and attach the dirty syringe to one port and a clean syringe filled with hot soapy water to the other port. turn the dial so that the port not attached to anything is in the "closed" position. you then inject the soap solution into the dirty syringe and then move the solution back and forth between clean and dirty syringes. you can change the solution as needed. This method will give you a lot of force and flow to clean the oily meds from the syringe wall. We use this method to create solutions of particles in saline and trying to get them dispersed and broken up into fine particles. I use this when I am trying to mix meds into something liquid to give to the horses. It works well and you should be able to get the 3-way stop cock from your vet. I get mine from work. |
| Just be aware that the rubber gasket doesn't tolerate cleaning with hot water as it decreases the flexibility of the rubber. Plan on replacing the syringe as needed. |
| I use plastic ones but rarely need them. If you have a Meijer or Walmart nearby they will give you some at no charge. |
| I take mine apart and put them in the dishwasher in the silverware compartment---sanitized! :D once they get old I pitch them |
| I wash ours in warm soapy water - 1st by using plunger action sucking and squirting, then taking the plunger out and washing them separately. Keep them separate and allow them to airdry. I usually lay mine on paper towels, then put them pack together when dry. If you wanted to go one step further, you could make a 4:1 water:vinegar soln and soak them, then airdry. |
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