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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 7 4:51pm | Replies (52)
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Oh no I boil water for 10 minutes and then use it warm to rinse all pieces. It looks from Sue’ s post that I don’t need to do it and it’s enough to sterilize only. I agree with you that boiling aerobika even once a day could destroy it. Somehow a bottle sterilizer is not that harsh on it. I bought a two part sterilizer where top and bottom can be used independently and I use only the top portion of the bottle sterilizer- it’s enough for the small pieces of aerobika, pari nebulizer, aeroclipse and a silicone mask. I do it twice a day. When the sterilizing time is over the machine automatically goes to drying mode. I save a lot of paper towel rolls that way.
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@lilianna, thank you for your clarification. I have been rinsing under very hot water, soaking in dawn and hot water, and then rinsing that in a bowl of distilled water because our water is so hard. All this before boiling for 10 minutes in spring water, again because of the water hardness. I use a lot of water, and it adds up. Also many paper towels!!!
Is your two part sterilizer the Philips Avent? Do you like it, and is it reliable? Do you find that it dries well, or do you have to put it through 2 drying cycles? I also found that my Vortex holding chamber for my Levalbuterol canister can be placed in a steam sterilizer (electric, not microwave, since it has metal). I had been soaking it in Dawn and then placing it in alcohol for a time and rinsing it. Just trying to finally streamline everything to where it is effective but also practical and not cost-prohibitive. Thank you again so much.