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First vaccination and cloth nappy user - polio query

5 replies

Newmummy · 29/10/2003 17:34

Hi - not sure if this is the right forum!

After first vaccinations today I was told to take care disposing of nappies as the polio vaccine was live. As I use cloth, I am using terries for the moment and boil washing them. However, some poo got on the wrap - these have a max wash temp of 60 - any suggestions? DH suggested soaking in milton first but I didn't know if this affected the elastic. How long is the polio live for? Will a 60 wash suffice?

(BTW - as a new mummy, the jags were a deeply traumatic experience for me, as his face crumpled. Oh dear!!!)

I'd be grateful if anyone could advise . . .

Thanks!

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bobthebaby · 29/10/2003 19:35

Hi New Mummy,

Was it an injected polio vaccine - if so no problems. If it was an oral vaccine I don't know the answer to the wraps question. We had a case in NZ when a mum caught polio from her babies nappy because she did not have immunity. That was oral polio and as a result it has been changed.

lucy123 · 29/10/2003 19:38

Blimey. They never told me that!

60 degrees is enough to sterilise the wraps though.

Jimjams · 29/10/2003 21:37

60 degrees should be fine to see off polio. TBH unless you have immunity problems I wouldn't worry unduly (and as any regulars will know I'm very cynical about immunisation- this is not a brush off).

If you do have immunity problems then things become more serious and I would chick the wrap- but this should be discussed before vaccination.

Just been reading a bit about this tonight coincidentally and the book I was reading said polio continues to be egested for 3 weeks

Demented · 29/10/2003 21:44

Newmummy, not sure about the Polio but I have washed DS2's wraps (Motherease) at 95 on occasion (when he has had a tummybug) with no ill effects if that helps.

Ghosty · 30/10/2003 01:12

I was told that when DS had his polio vaccine and they gave me a booster at the same time. However they didn't tell me to send DH to get a booster which I thought was odd as he changed DS' nappy as often as I did.
My mum nursed a man who caught polio a month after his baby had the live vaccine ... (this was way back in the 60s) ... not a happy story I have to say ...

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