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Does keeping hot water in a thermos for 8-10 hours breed bacteria?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: 3 hours ago | Replies (12)
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@paxmundi

Thank you so much for this thorough explanation. I am slowly adapting to all these MAC protocols. Also, if one is both washing and rinsing water bottles with boiled water, how do your boil enough water for all this washing and rinsing--and then for cooking and personal hygiene? Wondering about vegetables also, since I buy a ton of fresh vegetables a week--leafy greens, etc.

About the handwashing of dishes, etc, how do you manage it if the water is so hot? Rubber gloves?

Thank you for being such a support to all of us here!

Aida

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | 2 days ago

Yikes, I wrote a reply yesterday and it doesn't seem to have posted - my devices have been doing mandatory updates all week and who knows where things went.

So, I adapted by increasing the water heater temperature to 135F (keeps NTM from growing) and filtering my kitchen faucet with an in-line dual filter - water passes through a 1.0 micron cylinder, then a .2 micron one (which traps any NTM.)

No more boiling. Use the filtered water for cleaning, drinking, etc. Make sure to keep a good, conservative schedule of changing the filters.

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