Legionnaires disease was spread by A/C units, but the problem came from pigeons defecating into the system. Some allege that the legionella bacteria came from pigeon feces, many sources have refuted it. Legionella bacteria ...

Seems someone wants to contract legionnaires disease. Look it up. All those people who got it and died were victims of the AC units moisture build up becoming contaminated. Last I checked. Distilled water didn't cost me a first born male ...

Seems someone wants to contract legionnaires disease. Look it up. All those people who got it and died were victims of the AC units moisture build up becoming contaminated. Last I checked. Distilled water didn't cost me a first born male ...

Seems someone wants to contract legionnaires disease. Look it up. All those people who got it and died were victims of the AC units moisture build up becoming contaminated. Last I checked. Distilled water didn't cost me a first born male ...

... maybe that other person has a poor immune system and they don't. Error, confidently delivered, is still error. Is it likely that someone would get Legionnaires disease or Pontiac Fever from a cpap carry-over humidifer? No. The chance is remote. But the CDC asks in their outbreak questionnaires ...

... that counts as 'having lived and worked in America. :) I was there in CA when they had that water panic in the late 80s. And I know the history of Legionnaires disease. And I never drink the iced water which they bring to the restaurant table as soon as my friends and colleagues and I sit down. ...

... that counts as 'having lived and worked in America. :) I was there in CA when they had that water panic in the late 80s. And I know the history of Legionnaires disease. And I never drink the iced water which they bring to the restaurant table as soon as my friends and colleagues and I sit down. ...

My idea on Humidx discs, would be mold and Legionnaires disease, that would worry me. As far as No Clean, You got had. Jim

Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with CPAP From that link............read between the lines................... "Sporadic cases and outbreaks of Legionella pneumophila usually are related to exposure to water-containing ...

Emmet wrote:Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with CPAP

TWO. Out of how many millions of users???

... My house isn't so dry otherwise and I think that overly warm humid air should be avoided, when possible, since it is a harbinger for the nasties (Legionnaires' in the extreme) thus requiring more stringent cleaning practices then I'm likely to follow. Does this make sense? Thx

Indeed!
Unless one has compromised immunity, excess attention to cleanliness is a waste.

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The thread that put my mind at ease with regard to cleaning routine!

Wulfman... wrote:

DeeCPAP wrote:I clean the hose and water chamber, but that's about it, and change the filter. Am I missing someting? Clean the machine itself?

Other than wiping off the outside and the other stuff you're already doing, that's about all you can "clean".
Den
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Thanks much!!