Inhaler and spacer inhaler device technique
This fact sheet provides a brief overview about inhalers and spacer, steps for using it and tips around cleaning the device.
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COVID-19 is able to be spread to others via droplets exhaled by a person who is infectious, usually through coughing or sneezing or breathing in close proximity to another person. Therefore infection control guidelines include staying 1.5 metres away from others and effectively covering coughs or sneezes. However, when you live with a lung condition some of the management aspects or treatment delivery can also produce droplets from your exhaled breath that stay in the air, including airway clearance techniques or using a nebuliser.
If you have COVID-19 or are suspected of having COVID-19 and you normally use airway clearance techniques or devices, or a nebuliser machine at home, you need to attempt to minimise exposure of the non-infected members of the household. Possibly consider moving to a safe, outside area in your home in a place where surfaces may be easier to clean (or where there are few surfaces to clean). Nebulisers and airway clearance techniques may increase the amount droplets in the air, and thereby increasing the risk of transmission to others.