Colostrum syringes - no stopper?

Apologies if this is a silly Q but I got a couple of colostrum syringes from the hospital today (when being told my provisional C section date was being brought forward 2 weeks to this week!! 😱) and have just managed to harvest a little bit - my first! But the syringes themselves have no stopper on….how am I supposed to store them without it leaking out??

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Are they the purple ones? They should of came packaged separately

Yes they are the purple ones! Separately packaged but no lid/stopper so they’re just open at the top.

Yeah the stoppers should of been packaged separately in like a little square if you know what i mean x

They don't have tops on them anymore due to them being a choking hazard. I was told there was an incident somewhere where someone forgot to take the stopper off and a baby choked. Store them upright in the fridge (at the back) with the packet over the top and in a new freezer/zip lock bag then transfer to a freezer bag in the freezer after 24 hours 😊

Does anyone have advice on how to collect it? I need to start next week and not sure where to start 😬

They no longer will provide toppers due to a choking hazard that happened recently hence why one recent patients havent been given them as they been removed and emails sent out to midwives.
You have 2 options you can either order some on amazon or the midwives have been informed to place them back in the packaging and store in the freezer as the inside of the packaging is still sterile and the colostrum doesnt have to be kept sterile. That is what was sent on internal emails and dictated in the antenatal classes.
Hope that helps x

Not giving out toppers because of a single choking hazard is unreal… surely… all the colostrum in those syringes can’t be kept sterile now because they’re just an open topped container. Ridiculous. Sorry OP

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