Procedure for sanitizing a used machine

[Tformhals]

What are the procedures for sanitizing a used machine. I am wanting to replace my Airsense 10 CPAP and have found two machines on Craigslist. One is a Airsense 10 autoset never used for $350 and one is an Airsense 10 autoset for her for $250 that the seller says has been used for 1 month or less and he person who had it passed away. I don't really need the for her but I understand I can turn it off. Should I spend the extra 100 dollars for the unused machine. Or is it no big deal to get a used one sanitized?

[palerider]

What are the procedures for sanitizing a used machine. I am wanting to replace my Airsense 10 CPAP and have found two machines on Craigslist. One is a Airsense 10 autoset never used for $350 and one is an Airsense 10 autoset for her for $250 that the seller says has been used for 1 month or less and he person who had it passed away. I don't really need the for her but I understand I can turn it off. Should I spend the extra 100 dollars for the unused machine. Or is it no big deal to get a used one sanitized?

wipe down the outside, change the filter. (it's in the back of the clinicians manual)

[Sleeprider]

Any machine that has been used in a smoking household if very hard to clean to eliminate the odor. For machines that do not have that problem, Palerider's suggestion works fine. I also do not reuse hoses or masks that have been in the used breathing circuit. Machines that have odors that do not come out with good soap and water cleaning, I will let them inhale some Ozium form a cloth sprayed with that material and placed near the intake, and will change the silicon seals.

[Pugsy]

How much would it bug you to use a machine used by someone else? If it really bugs you bad...go with the new for peace of mind if nothing else.

Now, myself, not bugged about it at all and I even will use masks that have been used by someone else.
And the bulk of my machine purchases in the past have all been used machines because I can't afford new and I like to try newer models because I just want to see if they do anything really different than the older models..

Here's what I do when I get a used machine.
I wipe down outside with an alcohol wipe or spray some sort of disinfectant on a cloth or paper towel. I will also wipe down the inside of the humidifier and the little outlet where the hose attaches.
The water chamber if I choose to keep it gets a really got hot soapy water soak and cleaning. REALLY hot water. I will do the same for the hose (if it comes with one) and I am going to keep it but most of the time I just use one of mine that I have been using and save the other for an emergency situation or travel maybe.
I change the filters in the machine to brand new.

Now if the machine has some unpleasant odors...that's a different story but usually what I try first is simply let the machine run outside on the porch with a new filter for several hours (it's dusty where I live unless it has rained recently) and I toss that filter when I am done. I have yet to get a machine that running it outside didn't remove any odors in it and it wasn't necessarily smoke odors. You know how some people you go to their house and it sort of has a general odor that you really don't care for??? Maybe incense or candles or pets or whatever...those type of odors.

[palerider]

in addition, if you're meeting locally, meet somewhere public, that has electricity available, I like starbucks, though others have suggested libraries. you want to plug the machine in, check the run hours, turn it on, etc.

also, *SMELL IT* with it *OFF* stick your nose on both the intake and air outlet, and give a good sniff... I once bought a used machine and didn't notice the stale cigarette smoke smell because I made the mistake of smelling it while running, the rush of fresh air being pulled through will drown out any stink... and stink this one did, when I took it apart, the silicone parts inside were *yellow* instead of clear. (I'd have bought it anyway, because it was desperately needed, but I could probably have gotten some $$ off to compensate for all the time I spent cleaning it and getting the stink out of the silicone).

[palerider]

peach of mind if nothing else.

mmmm, tasty!

[Pugsy]

Pugsy wrote:
peach of mind if nothing else.


mmmm, tasty!

Aw crap...I hate it when spell check doesn't recognize what I had in my mind.

I will go fix the typo.

[chunkyfrog]

Like kissing a stranger . . .
Never thought I'd be OK with that, but I married a Ukrainian.
Lots of affection there, even between unrelated parishioners.
Communion was from a SPOON, --think about it!

[BlackSpinner]

The issue is whether the environment it was in was a smokers or pets. Air comes int the machine from outside, goes through the machine to you so contaminants from the previous environment are an issue

[avi123]

So, how do you sanitize a cpap from smell of smoking. Please reply only this question.

[LSAT]

So, how do you sanitize the cpap from smell of smoking.

First of all...I wouldn't buy it. If I did have one that had that smell, I would run it outside for several days with a filter.

[avi123]

What about this:

Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator is very effective at eliminating cigarette odor and all other tobacco odors. It has the ability to penetrate, seek out and react with the components of tobacco smoke (tar and nicotine) dissolving and converting them into gaseous molecules without causing any damage to fabrics, materials or hard surfaces.

Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator can remove cigarette odor and all other tobacco odors in homes, apartments, condominiums, cars, trucks and RV's. Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator also works on furniture, leather, wood, paneling, tile, cloth, drapes, carpets and most other surfaces that harbor the tar and nicotine that results from cigarette and tobacco smoke. Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator gets rid of the cigarette odor and eliminates the tar and nicotine too!

Let the CPAP run inside a tight box that has vamoose in it.

[nanwilson]

What about this:

Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator is very effective at eliminating cigarette odor and all other tobacco odors. It has the ability to penetrate, seek out and react with the components of tobacco smoke (tar and nicotine) dissolving and converting them into gaseous molecules without causing any damage to fabrics, materials or hard surfaces.

Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator can remove cigarette odor and all other tobacco odors in homes, apartments, condominiums, cars, trucks and RV's. Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator also works on furniture, leather, wood, paneling, tile, cloth, drapes, carpets and most other surfaces that harbor the tar and nicotine that results from cigarette and tobacco smoke. Vamoose Cigarette Odor Eliminator gets rid of the cigarette odor and eliminates the tar and nicotine too!

Sounds like a commercial.. Avi have you used this and do you recommend it??? So does it actually work????

A friend of mine was given a machine from an ex-smoker, boy did it stink!!! His wife took the filter out and cleaned everything she could, then stuck the machine in an open window for several days with the machine on. Worked like a charm, I gave her several new filters and her hubby is using the machine to this day. NO SMOKE SMELL .

[grayghost4]

Why did you ask ... if you allready knew ?

[Sir NoddinOff]

Machines that have odors that do not come out with good soap and water cleaning, I will let them inhale some Ozium form a cloth sprayed with that material and placed near the intake, and will change the silicon seals.

I tried that and it works. I didn't find it necessary to change the silicon seals.