Sterilisation and
Nursery Hygiene

About Gastroenteritis

Sterilisation supports a baby’s immune system

Up until the age of twelve months a baby’s immune system is weak because it does not have the ability to create immunoglobulins (disease fighting cells). Although breast-fed babies derive a certain amount of immunoglobulin from their mother, they do not have the ability to create their own for six months.
By the age of six months, a baby’s immune system is at its weakest. Between six and twelve months, a baby will begin to create some immunoglobulin, but the immune system remains immature and extremely vulnerable to infection.

Sterilisation is the only way to kill the micro organisms that cause
Gastroenteritis and Thrush

Click here to download a PDF easy reference of the MICROB groupings

What is Gastroenteritis?
What is Thrush?