Kindly advise me what is the ideal material to be used for containers in which expressed breast milk can be stored in refrigerators.I am aware that glass is ideal but it is practically difficult. I am using stainless steel containers as of now.Is plastic any way superior to it.Kindly also suggest me the references. The reason for the question is problems of rusting with stainless steel material

http://www.llli.org/faq/milkstorage.html

Thank u for the guidelines in term healthy babies.Kindly provide me the guidelines for preterms who stay in NICU for longer periods.Any experiences with stainless steel kindly share

We use plastic bottles with screw tops for storage for all infants (term or preterm).

I do not know where the come from (Medela?) but the plastic bottles are/should be free from BPA.

When milk is warmed, the plastic bottle is put in a stainless steele containers with luke-warm water.

For cleaning the bottles we use these :

http://www.philips.co.uk/c/avent-baby-steriliser/25286/cat/#filterState0=MCC_STERILIZERS_SU_GB_CONSUMER%3Dtrue

We do not use steel containers.

..Steel containers were associated with a marked decline in cell count and cell viability when compared to polyethylene..

source: http://guidelines.gov/content.aspx?id=23797

At the same time this source says steel containers are ok:

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=96LEZb5s7psC&lpg=PA161&ots=x4IlOwS_Ot&dq=human%20breast%20milk%20storage%20in%20steel%20containers&pg=PA161#v=onepage&q=steel%20containers&f=false

Edited August 1, 201212 yr by JACK

Thank u

glass is not ideal because the lipids in the milk stick to walls of the container plastic is most commmonly used