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Rubabes

Posts: 32
From: North East
Registered: 13-Nov-2006

eflow query - sorry for repetition
Posted: 29-Nov-2006 09:44

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Sorry to repeat previous threads but can't find info without spending hours and hours looking!

I have just been given an eflow by the hospital after many years using a compressed air neb. Been given the instruction book but no other info so wondered what other cfers do..

CLEANING the neb - do you all wash (using a toothbrush..) and rinse for 5/6 mins and then sterilise the neb bits EVERY time? Do you use 'distilled water'for sterilising? Distilled water seems a bit pricey if you sterilise the b***ing thing 3 times a day! It also seems not so easy to find.

Thanks for any help you can give me!!
R xxx

dreary

Posts: 80
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: eflow query - sorry for repetition
Posted: 29-Nov-2006 10:53

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hi there!
to clean mine i just bought a baby steam steriliser from argos £20, and i just dismantle it after i use it and put it in everytime! it only takes 7 minutes to completely sterilise and is ready for next use! very handy! i got recommended to use one by my cf team! hope this helps it certianly makes my life easier!

ps sterilised water is distilled water! two birds, one stone

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mookymc

Posts: 22
From: ayrshire
Registered: 27-Nov-2006

Re: eflow query - sorry for repetition
Posted: 29-Nov-2006 11:08

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hi their , i have the same prob, i just use hot soapy water as was told,2 clean the chamber, but they say distilled water for the little bit in the middle, but it no easy 2 get all the time, iv had mine a year n half,but i dont think its as cracked up 2 be, as wot they say. iv been bk 2 old compresser a few imes.hope u have better luck, xx

dreary

Posts: 80
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: eflow query - sorry for repetition
Posted: 29-Nov-2006 11:13

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use a steriliser!! i sound mad but i am very proactive for the eflows and steriliser! such a time saver!

~ ali

Captain_dan

Posts: 234
From: somewhere cold but its not snowing yet
Registered: 16-Mar-2004

Re: eflow query - sorry for repetition
Posted: 29-Nov-2006 11:20

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i use an eflow. I rinse and clean with HOT water, every time i use it. I use a steam steriliser every 2 or 3 days on it. I really like it over my old porta-neb thingy.

Rubabes

Posts: 32
From: North East
Registered: 13-Nov-2006

Re: eflow query - sorry for repetition
Posted: 29-Nov-2006 11:59

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Thanks!

Dreary - I was told the impurities from tap water will damage the aerosol head bit if you put in the steriliser, hence the need for distilled water.....I have bought some car battery/steam iron water - perhaps the answer is to only sterilise the head bit every so often but to do the other bits more regularly?

Captain Dan - thanks- i feel better about NOT using the steriliser EVERY time!! Funny how the instructions for the old neb used to say sterilise/boil neb bits once a week and now they say after every use - do I sense a worry about litigation??? Have been boiling them in a pan once a week for about 5 years but have now got a bottle steriliser thingie Hooray!

Still in two minds about the eflow - but do prefer the peace and quiet compared with the old one!

R xx