Medication oral syringes have helped patients in numerous ways, but in order to ensure proper usage, they need to be cleaned thoroughly. Here is how you can clean the syringes and maintain hygiene.

1. Tips to Clean Medication Oral Syringes
With the advent of oral syringes, administration of liquid medicine has become easier
than ever. If you have to administer medicine to your newborn, oral syringes, have
made things easier. But there are certain things that you need to consider before buying
and using oral syringes.
• Oral syringes are available in various sizes such as 30ml, 60ml syringes, etc.;
so you need to choose one according to the doses to be administered.
• You must choose to buy oral syringes from reputed manufacturers to ensure the
markings are accurate.
• The quality of syringes should also be considered.
• If you intend to use the oral syringes for multiple times, it is necessary that you
clean them properly after every use.
Oral Syringe Cleaning Tips
If you want to use the oral syringes more than once, cleaning is very crucial. If you fail
to clean them properly, you can do more harm than good. The residual medicine might
catch fungus and cause infections to your child or the elderly patient.
Ideally, all the syringes are provided with manufacturer’s guide about how to use and
clean the syringes; but if in case you have lost them or didn’t have enough time to read
it, here is how you can clean the oral syringes effectively:
• If you are using the syringe for your newborn, fill the syringe with sterile water
and flush the water out with a jerk. Repeat this process two to three times or
until the residual medicine is cleaned off.
• If the syringe is being used for an elderly patient or other adults, you can use
filter water or even tap water.

2. • In case some residue sticks to the piston, separate it from the syringe and soak
in warm water. Make sure you don’t use boiling water since it can damage the
piston or syringe.
• Wipe off with a sterile cloth and store in a dry and clean place. It is best to store
it in a clean and dry lidded container so that there is no contamination due to
dust.
• Medication Oral syringes can be used for a maximum of seven days; so make
sure you discard them every seven days.
• When disposing of the syringes, it is best to break it before discarding so that no
one else can use it or recycle it for use.
Another thing that must be kept in mind – use one syringe per patient; using the same
oral syringe for multiple patients can be very harmful since infections can spread widely.
Cleaning accessories are often available with the manufacturers or suppliers, so you can
buy some to get rid of any residue that does not come out using the above methods.
Buy from a reputed manufacturer or supplier to make sure you don’t buy fake or
recycled products. Read the instructions well before use, so avoid misuse of syringes. By
using the oral syringes properly; you can help your child or other patients recover
quickly.
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