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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jun 18 11:29am | Replies (31)

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I've been sterilizing everyday and wonder if it's overkill, especially since I'm pretty sure we have copper pipes. Sue, when you throughly wash your neb cups everyday what water do you use?

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I use water from my 135F hot water faucet - run first for a bit to get up to temp. Boiling shortens the life of the cups, so by having 2 in cycle and after 6-8 uses each, they last longer.
If I understand correctly, the purpose of boiling is to kill anything growing in the biofilm that protects the mycobacteria, and that film takes some time to form. If, however, I have another infection like pseudomonas going on, I boil after use - then I keep about 4 cups "in cycle" so I only have to do every 2 days.