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How To Use The Compressor-Driven Nebulizer
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Assembling the Nebulizer:
- Wash your hands.
- Remove all nebulizer parts from the plastic bag, including mask/mouthpiece,
flex tubing, nebulizer cup, and connecting tubing.
- Attach the t-piece to the nebulizer cup.
- Attach the flex tubing to one end of the t-piece and the mouthpiece
OR mask to the other end.
- Attach connecting tubing to the outlet on the bottom of the
nebulizer cup.
- Attach the other end of the connecting tubing to the outlet
on the nebulizer compressor.
Using the Nebulizer:
- Sit upright in a comfortable chair. An infant or small child
may be held upright on your lap or in your arms.
- Place the mouthpiece in your mouth or place the mask on the
infant or child.
- Turn the switch on the compressor to the “on” position.
- Breathe normally through the mouthpiece or (mask if used on
an infant or child). Take a deep breath every minute or so. Continue
this until the nebulizer cup begins to sputter.
- Shake or tap the cup and continue breathing through the mouthpiece/mask
until nearly all the liquid in the nebulizer cup is gone.
- Remove the mouth piece and t-piece from the nebulizer cup. Remove
the connection tubing and set it aside (this should not be washed
or rinsed). Rinse the mouth piece and t-piece in warm water for
30 seconds. Shake off excess water. Air dry on a clean cloth or
paper towel.
Cleaning the Nebulizer:
- Remove the mask or the mouthpiece and t-piece from the cup.
Remove the tubing and set it aside. The tubing should not be washed
or rinsed. The outside should be wiped down. Rinse the mask or
mouthpiece and t-piece – as well as the eyedropper or syringe
– in warm running water for 30 seconds. Use distilled or
sterile water for rinsing, if possible.
- Shake off excess water. Air dry on a clean cloth or paper towel.
- Put the mask or the mouthpiece and t-piece, cup and tubing back
together and connect the device to the compressed air machine.
Run the machine for 10 to 20 seconds to dry the inside of the
nebulizer.
- Disconnect the tubing from the compressed air machine. Store
the nebulizer and parts in a ziplock plastic bag.
- Place a cover over the compressed air machine.
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