UV sterilizer

@mary80 As far as I have been able to find, there is no UV sterilizer proven effective for cleaning our devices. The UV light must reach every surface to kill mycobacteria, so devices with complex shapes and hidden or layered parts cannot be adequately treated.

Does someone else have other info?
Sue

The only shortcut that I've been ok with is using a baby bottle sterilizer (steam sterilization) on my equipment after cleaning.

@sueinmn you are right, I think it’s non suitable for our devices…

@cwal I tried to use a baby bottle sterilizer to insert in the microwave, but the nebulizer mask melted

Mary, what kind of nebulizer and mask are you using?
Is it a "handheld" mist type? Many of the handheld nebulizers available inexpensively are not suitable for daily use because they lack the ability to be sterilized.

Or is it the more "traditional style with a separate compressor, with tubing to deliver the air and a cup to hold the nebuluzer solution? Most people use a mouthpiece for their lung therapy, and the reuseable ones are designed to withstand sterilization. The reuseable silicone masks we used to use when our grandsons were tiny were okay in the baby bottle sterilizer as well.
Sue

I'm not sure what you are referring to. I use a regular electric baby bottle sterilizer and all my equipment is re-useable (boil-able / steam sterilizer)

I use a traditional style nebulizer, with a separate compressor… I’m able to sterilize the mouthpiece, but the mask I used wasn’t temperature resistant … maybe I have to find something different… do you sterilize also the tube to deliver the air?

The tube should never be sterilized but run the compressor a few minutes after removing the mouthpiece if there is moisture in it . Replace when you Replace the neb every 3-4 months.
As for using a mask-that is not the usual way-the meds get to your lungs more efficiently with a mouthpiece.
You would need to ask a medical supplier about a mask that tolerates sterilization.
Sue