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Cleaning + disinfecting nebulizer and aerobica
Diagnosed with bronchiectasis several years ago. No antibiotics so far but 2x airway clearance with aerobica and nebulizer recommended. Some MAC bacteria was found.
Finding all sorts of info how to properly clean and disinfect but none agree with the other. Should both be cleaned each time and is it good enough to disinfect once a week? Alcohol, hydrogen peroxide or boiling best option?
Finding the whole process very tedious especially if cleaning 2x per day was necessary.
Does anybody have experience with Evenflo silicone steam sanitizing bag for disinfecting? Or, what baby bottle cleaner and dryer can you recommend?
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Yes, Irene@8. I got my people mixed up!
Some steamer baskets sit up very high in the pot, but the photos of this one seem to show the basket a little lower, which would be better, I think for the equipment. This is probably a silly question, but since the equipment is not really directly exposed to the steam except for where there are holes in the basket, does it sterilize as well as a pot of boiling water does? In the electric bottle sterilizers, the items are on racks, but more of the items have direct exposure to the steam in racks than through small holes. Just wondering about that! This crazy condition gets us overthinking so many things, but we just want to be sure we are using the best attack approaches, you know?
the cups boil IN the water. It does not steam them but rather boils like any other pot would. The basket keeps the parts from touching the bottom of the pan but they are still submerged in water. You just fill it to the amount you want to boil in. I fill it till the water reaches about half way or more up the strainer.
Yes, I see. I have had some steamer inserts before that sit so high, that the food never touches the water. This pot is what I need! I find that when I boil, the parts dry so, so quickly on paper towels.
I had a good discussion with Linda about the electric bottle sterilizers. She mentioned that, depending on circumstances, she uses multiple methods. I think that is a good approach. I will definitely invest in this pot and also an electric device as a back-up. This site is just so helpful!
Hello all. So I bought the baby bottle sterilizer and drier. They can be 6 or 8 bottle- which I did not know. The machine is big but I finally found out I can use only the top portion , the one for small parts and now I love it. I collect whatever I use throughout the day in a pot and at the end of the day I wash all with soapy water, rinse in 10 min boiled water and then drop all in the machine- it sterilizes and dries. I hope it’s enough. Before I was using the micro oven bags and dry on the rack. It’s easier. There is only one thing that makes me anxious- sterilizing the flap part of aerobica. When I was boiling this part every day, the flap disfigured and did not work properly. Aerobika is expensive so now I sterilize the flappy part only in alcohol. How you do it
I disassemble the Aerobika and put it in a Wabi sterilizer along with the neb cups and haven't had a problem. I rotate 3 sets of neb cups so they all get put thru the sterilizer every 3 days.