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[rested gal]

Links to discussions about cleaning mask, hose, humidifier:


Cleaning unreachable parts inside the machine topic started by treebreezes - Sept 21, 2011
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CPAP equipment cleaning topic started by Roger2 - July 9, 2011
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How often do you clean your equipment? topic started by DoNotLikeThisAtAll - Feb 13, 2011
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Cleaning distilled water reservoir topic started by paullmont3 (a guest) - Feb 12, 2011
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Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Tank? poll started by NeedSomeAir - September 2009
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How often do you clean your hose? topic started by Juliebove - April 2009
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THE HOSE - TO DISINFECT OR NOT TO DISINFECT ? topic started by Marietjie - March 2009
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Weekly Mask Cleaning---OverKill ??? topic started by DannyP - August 2008
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Cleaning water tank topic started by seernst - June 2008
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Cleaned my mask now it leaks topic started by gerrys - June 2007
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Cleaning CPAP Equipment topic started by forumadmin - April 2005
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More-Sterile/Easier-Cleaning Process? topic started by bozmon - February 2005
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[Pugsy]

Thank you RG for all the links. Maybe we can bump this every now and then to keep it in front for the new people to see.

[thunderhand]

Great collection of links, thank you.

I'm very new

[rested gal]

Thanks Pugsy and Thunderhand.

Welcome to the forum, Thunder!

[Jeffj318]

Great links. My wife is the newbie, however, I am the caretaker and hence will do the cleaning.
This helps my mind rest a lot better knowing I don't have to do as much as I thought.

[Pugsy]

Great links. My wife is the newbie, however, I am the caretaker and hence will do the cleaning.
This helps my mind rest a lot better knowing I don't have to do as much as I thought.

You can develop your own routine per whatever makes you comfortable. Some people clean anything very little and some people clean everything religiously for whatever reason they might have. Whatever floats your boat is actually okay.
Just don't fall for the SoClean or similar Ozone cleaner ideas. It doesn't actually remove any snot, dirt, facial oils, etc..they even tell you to wash stuff first (and they have a nice product to sell you to wash stuff with) and then use the ozone device.

Ozone...bad for your equipment and your lungs and will void some machine warranties if you use it.

What I do.....next to nothing....never wash the hose and only wash the mask frame maybe once a month. When I used nasal pillow mask...I washed the nasal pillows every month or so (sooner if I had a cold).
The water chamber...washed maybe every 2 or 3 months when I happened to think about it.