8 week jabs. How do you sterilise medicine syringes?

[jessica3692]

Hi all! I have a couple of nurofen medicine syringes and today my baby has her 8 week jabs :(. I've bought some infant calpol in case she develops a temperature and thought the syringes would be handy to use. My question is how do I sterilise these? We have a steriliser which you fill with cold water and then microwave for 8 minutes. Can I use this? Thank you!

Yes you can sterilise in microwavable steriliser

I've never steralised the syringes. Just take it apart, wash it in hot soapy water, rinse clean and set aside on clean kitchen roll to dry.
If you're worried about re using syringes at all then get some more from pharmacy, ebay or amazon.
I tend to replace mine every few months but you will be fine to not steralise. Just wash thoroughly.

Have you checked the infant calpol box? Mine came with a syringe in

It's never crossed my mind to sterilise them!

If you have a dishwasher then you can just take them apart and bung them in thre, that's what we do.

i never sterilised them either. does calpol breed bacteria?

i just swooshed it under the hot tap so it wasn't sticky for next time, didn't use w/u liquid either

I stuck some in a steam steriliser once (had to give medicine mixed with milk) and some of them bent. So don't try that. TBH I never worry about Calpol syringes - I just was in hot soapy water. If you're worried maybe get some Milton?

I just use a spoon tbh and wash it in hot water.

No need to sterilise but you can steam or cold sterilise if you want. They don't melt with the steam.

Never occurred to me either...

Never occurred to me to sterilise them. Do you make sure everything that goes near your child's mouth is sterilised? Genuine question as just something I have never thought about.

Dishwasher here too when I can be arsed, otherwise I just take apart, wash under the running tap & let it air dry before putting it back together.

Didn't do it either but you could boil them zx

I sterilised it the first time I used it and it melted in my microwave steriliser. Never sterilised since and DS is now a healthy 13 month old

For the first baby you sterilise
For the second you run under the tap
For the third you pick up off the floor
For the fourth you take out of the dog's mouth