Answer: The nebulizer should be cleaned after each use and disinfected after every other treatment. Since you are breathing the vapor from the machine, it must be clean. If the machine is not cleaned correctly, bacteria could grow inside it. Follow your healthcare provider’s directions for cleaning and disinfecting, to make sure that you’re not breathing harmful bacteria.
The tubing should be replaced regularly, since it is not possible to completely clean the inside of the tubing. Your provider should explain how often to change the tubing.
Daily cleaning:
Take off the mouthpiece/mask and remove the medicine container and wash with hot water and mild liquid dish soap.
Shake off the extra water.
Reconnect the medicine container and mouthpiece/mask to the compressor and turn on the device to air dry the pieces.
Disinfecting:
Take off the detachable parts (mouthpiece and medicine container).
Soak them in the solution provided by your doctor or one part white vinegar and three parts hot water.
Let soak for one hour or as long as listed on the instructions.
Remove the pieces and either let them air dry or reconnect the machine to dry them.
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