It's very important to clean your nebulizer every day. If bacteria build up in your nebulizer, you can inhale it and get an infection. Keeping your nebulizer clean will also make it last longer. Ask your health care provider exactly how to clean the equipment. In general, you should clean your nebulizer every time you use it by doing the following:
1. Rinse the mask or mouthpiece and T-shaped part in warm water, sterile or distilled water is best, for about 30 seconds. (Do not wash the tubing.)
2. Put the pieces on a towel to air dry.
3. Put the mask or mouthpiece and T-shaped part, cup, and tubing back together. Connect the tubing to the compressed air machine, turn on the machine, and let it run for 10 to 20 seconds.
This dries out the inside of the nebulizer.
4. Take the tubing off the compressed air machine. Store the nebulizer in a sealed plastic bag.
5. Cover the compressed air machine.
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