1. How to Care For and Clean Your CPAP Equipment
2. References
3. When to Replace Your CPAP Equipment
4. Products that Make Your Life Easier

How to Care For and Clean Your CPAP Equipment

 

• Cushions should be washed in warm water and mild soap daily, or wiped down with mask wipes. Do NOT use alcohol, bleach, or baby wipes.
• Clean all mask parts (cushion, headgear, etc) regularly (at least weekly).
• Air dry parts thoroughly.
• Consider a UV sanitizing machine such as Lumin.

 

• Clean tubing at least once or twice a week with warm water and mild soap.
• Don't let moisture remain in tubing. Hang to dry.
• Use a tube brush to remove physical particles.

 

• Only use distilled water in humidifiers.
• Change water daily. Leftover water should be emptied from water chamber after use.
• Check your filters regularly, and change when necessary.
• Clean water chamber once or twice a week with warm water and mild soap. Air dry.
• Wipe the surfaces of your machine regularly.
• If you notice a strange smell from it, or have adverse effects such as headaches or reactions after use, there may be bacteria or mold. Follow this website's sanitizing process: https://moldhomes.com/cpap-mold-symptoms.

• Consider an air purifier with UV to remove dust, allergens, and harmful pathogens from the air in your room, as this air can travel in to your machine.

When to Replace Your CPAP Equipment

• Replace cushions every 3-6 months, or if you notice problems such as leakage, brittleness or tears.

• Replace headgear every 6 months, or if it loses its elasticity.

• Replace any parts that break. Many parts can be individually ordered, without the need to purchase an entire new mask.

• Replace entire mask every 6 to 12 months.

• Disposable filters should be changed monthly, more often if they're very dirty.
• Reusable filters should be changed every 1-3 months, as necessary.

• Replace every 3-6 months, or when it is no longer possible to clean it thoroughly.

• Water chambers should be replaced every 6 months, or when it is no longer possible to clean it thoroughly.

• Replace any parts that break. Many parts can be individually ordered, without the need to purchase an entire new machine.

Products that Make Your Life Easier

• Lumin is the easiest and fastest way to sanitize CPAP masks and accessories. Lumin™ works with a sanitization cycle time of only 5 minutes. UV-C light will disinfect up to 99.9% of harmful bacteria, pathogens and fungi that can cause infections and illness.

• These filters sit between your mask and tubing, to keep harmful pathogens from going from your breath in to your tubing and machine.

• Wipes are a quick way to remove debris from your cushion when you don't have the time for a proper cleaning. Specially formulated not to damage your mask.

• Mask sprays are specially formulated to not harm your mask, and are a quick way to clean your parts when you don't have the time for a proper cleaning.

• Specially formulated soaps that won't damage your mask during cleaning.

• Brushes can reach deep in to your tubing to remove debris and other particulates.

• Tubing should be hung up to dry so that no water is left inside that may grow harmful bacteria and mold.