Cleaning syringe

[AmyFluffyMom]

I was wondering what methods to use when sterilize syringe. I changed her gababentin to a liquid from pill form. She kept spitting out the pills so liquid seems easier with her.
Today was the first time I used the syringe, the pharmacy only gave me 1. I put it in scalding hot water. I’ve seen different ways online, soap and water, boiling ,bleach water. In the past I used a syringe to give her fur ball paste and cleaned it with hot water. I also run her toothbrush under scalding hot water. She has never gotten ill from cleaning them with the hot water. What methods do you all like?

 

[LTS3]

I just use water. I wouldn't use bleach in a syringe that is used for liquid medicines even if you do rinse thoroughly. Syringes are cheap so ask the pharmacy or your vet for more. You can also buy them online. Chewy.com even has them: Oral Syringes Dispensing Syringes with Tip Cap, 1-cc, 100 count - Chewy.com The 1 ml / cc size is what you need. 5 ml / cc is too big.

Did you try Pill Pockets or anything with the pills?

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[Rhall]

Just wash with soap and water and air dry. No need for chemicals or bleach.

 

[AmyFluffyMom]

Thanks!!!

I just use water. I wouldn't use bleach in a syringe that is used for liquid medicines even if you do rinse thoroughly. Syringes are cheap so ask the pharmacy or your vet for more. You can also buy them online. Chewy.com even has them: Oral Syringes Dispensing Syringes with Tip Cap, 1-cc, 100 count - Chewy.com The 1 ml / cc size is what you need. 5 ml / cc is too big.

Did you try Pill Pockets or anything with the pills?

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I had her meds compounded with chicken flavor. She had the pill form in 2 different forms. The liquid was a bit more affordable and she seems to like it. Thanks for the tips.

 

[AmyFluffyMom]

Just wash with soap and water and air dry. No need for chemicals or bleach.

Great thanks!

 

[Antonio65]

No need to sterilize a syringe for something that has to be administered by mouth which, by definition, is far from sterile.
Just wash it with hot water from the tap.

If a needle is involved in drawing some med from a bottle and you wnat to clean the needle as well, I use this method.
I suck some water from the tap with the syringe without its needle, and then keep on sucking air just to have some empty space in the syringe. This is useful to shake the water in the syringe and give it a good rinse.
I do this two or three times.

Then, I draw some water and air again, put the needle on, point the syringe downwards so that the air in the syringe is in the upper part, push the plunger gently (not too fast or the needle is ejected), and when the water is over I keep pushing air so that the inside of the needle does not hold any water. Everything is dry.

 

[LTS3]

Syringes with needles attached, such as insulin syringes, should never ever be reused. They shouldn't be recapped either. It's far too easy for someone to accidentally poke themselves with a syringe or trying to recap one. A poke from a used dirty needle is obviously cause for health concern. A needle gets dull after one use as well so the next time you try to use it, it will drag through the skin and cause discomfort and possibly cause infection.

But this is getting OT. The OP was asking about oral syringes for liquid medicine, not syringes with needles attached.

 

[Antonio65]

But this is getting OT. The OP was asking about oral syringes for liquid medicine, not syringes with needles attached.

LTS3 , if your last post is intended to me, I never mentioned using a syringe with attached needle for medication, I said that if the needle is used to draw a liquid med from a bottle or vial, it could retain some med in its canal and this stuff will get stale if left in there. That my advice was for, cleaning the needle to reuse it for drawing another med dose from the bottle.