CPAP users understand the importance of sleep apnea therapy to their health and well being. Today, CPAP Central would like to remind you that keeping yourself healthy involves keeping your CPAP equipment clean and up-to-date.
Maintaining and replacing supplies is important. Over time your supplies like the mask, headgear, tubing, filters and chin strap get unsanitary and become unhealthy for continued use. These supplies are not meant to last forever!
CPAP supplies are disposable. Most masks are made with plastic and silicone with the headgear being made from neoprene, a synthetic rubber. Over time these supplies break down and replacements are expected.
Bacteria is no one’s best friend. As your mask gets used it needs to be cleaned regularly with mild soapy water and left out to dry in direct sunlight. Remember, the older the mask, the more bacteria in the mask, tubing, and quite possibly you!
If you have to constantly rearrange your mask or tighten it down for the best possible use, you can harm yourself in the process. If you start to get red sores on your face, more than likely it is time to replace your mask and headgear.
Dirty filters are a mess and if you ignore them by not replacing them, your CPAP will turn into a mess too! CPAP machine filters NEED to be replaced on a regular basis. If not replaced, the buildup can cause the machine to overheat and not work efficiently, thus damaging the motor.
After you clean your equipment you can put it in the sunlight to dry, but don’t keep your supplies there. Leaving your CPAP supplies in direct sunlight will break them down even quicker causing you to spend more time and energy getting new equipment.
At CPAP Central, not only can we help you stay well supplied with your CPAP equipment, we can also help you keep it clean! We sell mask wipes, tube cleaning systems and the SoClean sanitizer, which cleans your entire CPAP system while it is assembled!