Ok so I know there's been <u>a lot</u> of threads on this lately. I do wash and then boil and then air dry on paper towels. My question is that my son uses a mask for his nebs or with the spacer for the inhaler. I know they can not be boiled. It says not to on the packages. I did it once anyway, thought maybe just for a few seconds, but it melted and warped. So how should I disinfect them? Or is washing in hot soapy water enough for the masks? Any ideas? Amy? I know you know a lot about this kind of stuff.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
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thelizardqueen
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In regards to the space inhaler (if you're talking about the Aerochamber Max), you can wash that by removing the backpiece and mouthpiece adapter, and soak the 3 parts for 15 minutes in warm soapy water (make sure you use a mild detergent). Agitate gently (shake, or stir around in the water). Rinse the parts in clean sterile water, shake excess water, and let air dry on paper towel. Simply reassemble.
Here's a link so that you have pictures as well. Its in PDF form:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.monaghanmed.com/pdfs/copd_aerochambermax/79802_ENG.pdf">http://www.monaghanmed.com/pdf...ambermax/79802_ENG.pdf</a>
As for the mask, I would imagine you'd wash the same as the space inhaler - warm soapy water for 15 minutes and rinse with clean sterile water (water that's been boiling for about 10 minutes. Then let airdry.
Here's a link so that you have pictures as well. Its in PDF form:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.monaghanmed.com/pdfs/copd_aerochambermax/79802_ENG.pdf">http://www.monaghanmed.com/pdf...ambermax/79802_ENG.pdf</a>
As for the mask, I would imagine you'd wash the same as the space inhaler - warm soapy water for 15 minutes and rinse with clean sterile water (water that's been boiling for about 10 minutes. Then let airdry.
As crazy as this may sound....
Medela makes reusable sterilzation bags for breast pump parts. Nebulizer parts are made of the same type plastics. You might consider looking into the bags. They are 99% effective for killing bacteria, etc. One bag (they come in a box of 5) is resuable 20 times. It takes me about 2 minutes to steralize my pump equipment, but have often thought if we have to use a nebulizer regularly for Abby, I'd use the bags for sterilizing those pieces as well.
Em
Medela makes reusable sterilzation bags for breast pump parts. Nebulizer parts are made of the same type plastics. You might consider looking into the bags. They are 99% effective for killing bacteria, etc. One bag (they come in a box of 5) is resuable 20 times. It takes me about 2 minutes to steralize my pump equipment, but have often thought if we have to use a nebulizer regularly for Abby, I'd use the bags for sterilizing those pieces as well.
Em
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>ejwiegert</b></i>
As crazy as this may sound....
Medela makes reusable sterilzation bags for breast pump parts. Nebulizer parts are made of the same type plastics. You might consider looking into the bags. They are 99% effective for killing bacteria, etc. One bag (they come in a box of 5) is resuable 20 times. It takes me about 2 minutes to steralize my pump equipment, but have often thought if we have to use a nebulizer regularly for Abby, I'd use the bags for sterilizing those pieces as well.
Em</end quote></div>
what method do these bags use for sterilization? i'm a little confused.
how are the bacteria killed?
As crazy as this may sound....
Medela makes reusable sterilzation bags for breast pump parts. Nebulizer parts are made of the same type plastics. You might consider looking into the bags. They are 99% effective for killing bacteria, etc. One bag (they come in a box of 5) is resuable 20 times. It takes me about 2 minutes to steralize my pump equipment, but have often thought if we have to use a nebulizer regularly for Abby, I'd use the bags for sterilizing those pieces as well.
Em</end quote></div>
what method do these bags use for sterilization? i'm a little confused.
how are the bacteria killed?
I read in the CFF pamphlet on how to clean and disinfect nebs that the bleach should be 1 part bleach to 50 parts water. I came up with about 1 1/2 tablespoons of bleach for a quart of water (there are 32 oz in a quart, and 2 tbsp in an oz, so 64 tbsp in a quart. So 1/50th of 64 is 1.3 tbsp.) Does anyone else use bleach? If so how much do you use?
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