We use each neb cup (Pari LC) just once per day for our son and keep about 5 or 6 of them on hand. For washing we soak them in soapy water with bleach. I rinse them with tap water, but it sounds like I'll want to change to boiled water. After rinsing, they immediately go into a steam sterilizer in the microwave for 4 minutes. After that we shake out the water drops. During the dry season they air dry within a few minutes. During the humid season they have to be wiped out with a papertowel. I stick with the microwave because I read a study done for hospital lab purposes that tested a bunch of sterilizing methods and found that Psuedomonas A. could only survive microwaving for about a minute or so.
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How often do you boil your ned cups
- Thread starter MOME2RT
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I wash out the neb cups once a day in hot soapy water, rinse and then boil for 10 minuts. They're the pari ones. In between treatments, I rinse them out in very hot water for several minutes and let them dry in a baby bottle drying rack.
Someone once mentioned drying neb cups in the microwave after washing and sterilizing them, but I've never tried it. Think it was a matter of putting them in the microwave for a few seconds to get rid of the water droplets instead of letting them air dry...
Someone once mentioned drying neb cups in the microwave after washing and sterilizing them, but I've never tried it. Think it was a matter of putting them in the microwave for a few seconds to get rid of the water droplets instead of letting them air dry...
Can you use the Pari for everything instead of using the disposable ones? I think it is just really hard to get those clean.
Personally, Hayley is on Xopenex and Pulmicort. Xopenex is 3-4 times per day and Pulmicort, 2 times per day, so we do a lot of nebs. We have 2 at a time. We use one for Xopenex and one for the Pulmicort. We wash them with hot soapy water after each use and then boil them for a full ten minutes each time, then air dry. It really is not that much work after you get into the routine of doing it and I think it just makes me feel better that I know they are clean. We usually replace ours about every 3 months.
The absolute cheapest place to get them is CF Services Pharmacy. You do need a precription, but your clinic can just call it in. THe Pari LC nebs are only $11 and the Bubbles mask is only $1!! And it's free shipping!
Personally, Hayley is on Xopenex and Pulmicort. Xopenex is 3-4 times per day and Pulmicort, 2 times per day, so we do a lot of nebs. We have 2 at a time. We use one for Xopenex and one for the Pulmicort. We wash them with hot soapy water after each use and then boil them for a full ten minutes each time, then air dry. It really is not that much work after you get into the routine of doing it and I think it just makes me feel better that I know they are clean. We usually replace ours about every 3 months.
The absolute cheapest place to get them is CF Services Pharmacy. You do need a precription, but your clinic can just call it in. THe Pari LC nebs are only $11 and the Bubbles mask is only $1!! And it's free shipping!