Cleaning and Caring for Tracheostomy Equipment | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Having a tracheostomy[2] means adjusting to changes to your daily routine. Whether the trach is temporary or permanent, understanding how to care for your devices (and yourself) is essential.

Here is what people with tracheostomy (and those caring for them) should know about caring for your equipment and stoma (the hole through your neck and windpipe, or trachea), along with what you can expect as you adjust to living with a Passy-Muir valve, eating, and other activities with a trach in place.

The upper airway warms, cleans and moistens the air we breathe. The trach tube bypasses these mechanisms so that the air moving through the tube is cooler, dryer and not as clean. 

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