{"id":4463,"date":"2019-08-07T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T02:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/4463"},"modified":"2020-06-05T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T18:38:01","slug":"4463","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/4463","title":{"rendered":"Can I sterilize the flow head of the Spirometer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Flow Head of the <a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-spirometer\/\">Go Direct<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Spirometer<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-SPR<\/nobr>) cannot be sterilized by the user. Bacterial filters should be used by each student. These should not be shared. The flow head can be replaced. Please contact Vernier at physiology@vernier.com for more information.<\/p>\n<p>The Flow Head of the <a href=\"\/product\/spirometer\/\">Spirometer<\/a> (<nobr>SPR-BTA<\/nobr>) can be removed and sterilized. Please see instructions below. A bacterial filter should still be used by each student. These should not be shared.<\/p>\n<p>The manufacturer recommends two methods, in the following order, with which to sterilize the Flow Head of the Spirometer.<\/p>\n<p>The Flow Head must be removed from the sensor handle before it is sterilized.<\/p>\n<p>Wash the detachable Flow Head in a dishwasher. It is dishwasher safe. This method provides the longest life for the Flow Head and is the method most recommended by the manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>Cold sterilize the Flow Head with a surface disinfectant such as Cidex\u00ae or Technical Tincture of Green Soap\u00ae. These are available from medical supply or janitorial supply companies.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend that you sterilize the Flow Head using one of these methods.<\/p>\n<p>You should always use any Spirometer with a mouthpiece and bacterial filter.<\/p>\n<p>The nose clips should be wiped clean between uses and soaked in a mild detergent after each experiment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flow Head of the cannot be sterilized by the user. Bacterial filters should be used by each student. These should not be shared. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8971,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7399,2511,2108,7400,1822,877],"class_list":["post-4463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-flow","tag-flow-head","tag-gdx-spr","tag-head","tag-spr-bta","tag-sterilize"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}