Do Atomizers Need Disinfection Too? Have You Disinfected Yours?

Do atomizers need disinfection too? Have you disinfected yours? For atomizers, changing the cotton for each chamber and changing the wire will also disinfect the atomizer. Having a complete disinfection procedure for the atomizer is generally for better health. Recently, I saw someone who vaped and developed pneumonia, which I believe was due to pathogenic bacteria in the atomizer being inhaled into the lungs. This shows how important it is to use disinfectant to give the atomizer a "bath".
 
Have you disinfected your atomizer?

You might have your own disinfection methods, such as boiling, soaking in alcohol, soaking in 84 disinfectant, soaking in glutaraldehyde disinfectant, UV irradiation, etc. Many people on the KD forum have inquired about these methods, and while they are good, do they achieve the most effective disinfection? Are they safe? Boiling, soaking in alcohol, 84 disinfectant, glutaraldehyde disinfectant, and UV irradiation are good methods, but they have a low safety factor and are relatively ineffective for atomizers.

Have you disinfected your atomizer? Atomizers consist of steel bodies, rubber rings, acrylic chambers, glass chambers, etc. Some components cannot be boiled in high-temperature water or soaked in highly corrosive liquids. Even if you use different disinfection methods after each disassembly, the effectiveness may not increase. Today, I will introduce a simple and effective method with a higher safety factor.

Have you disinfected your atomizer? Chlorine dioxide effervescent tablets

Chlorine dioxide is not unfamiliar to you; you just may not have paid attention. The Chinese government announced on March 6, 2006, that chlorine dioxide is a disinfectant for drinking water, so you drink chlorine dioxide disinfected liquid every day. Why not use such a safe and effective disinfectant?

Let me introduce chlorine dioxide. It can kill viruses, bacteria, protozoa, algae, fungi, and various spores and spore-forming organisms. It is currently recognized as a fourth-generation disinfectant worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed it as a broad-spectrum, efficient, fast-acting, and non-toxic A1-level disinfectant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and health regulations in Japan and the EU recognize it as a green and environmentally friendly alternative to chlorine-based disinfectants.

KD uses chlorine dioxide effervescent tablets, which are one gram per tablet, dissolving quickly in water. Before purchasing, I asked the seller why they said it is corrosive to stainless steel, but during KD's long-term disinfection process, I found no corrosion on the steel body, rubber rings, acrylic, glass, ceramics, heating wires, or wire-making tools.

Have you disinfected your atomizer? Now let's start the disinfection steps:

KD uses a ratio of one tablet of chlorine dioxide effervescent tablet per liter of water. After the tablet dissolves, the smell is familiar to KD, like a hospital smell, commonly referred to as the "hospital smell." Some may find this smell pungent and unpleasant, but KD doesn't mind, perhaps due to getting used to it. Is the liquid color evil? This is its natural color, which cannot be changed.

Attention, attention, attention! Please keep your hands clean during the process. Soak the wire-making tools along with the atomizer for disinfection. If you are changing cotton but not the wire, remove the cotton core, rinse off any residual e-liquid, and soak it directly in the chlorine dioxide disinfectant for 30 minutes. If you are changing the wire, soak it after successfully making the wire. Do not soak and disinfect after making the wire; this is no different from not disinfecting at all. The atomizer will retain the hospital smell, but after rinsing with drinking water, the smell will mostly disappear. After drying with a hairdryer, air drying, and wiping the atomizer with a disinfected towel, you can then install the wire, add cotton, add e-liquid, and start vaping!

During the cotton installation process, touching with hands, cotton, and rinsing with drinking water may lead to contamination. After all, perfection is hard to achieve; even in hospitals, strict sterile procedures can lead to postoperative infections. However, compared to using a non-disinfected atomizer, this method achieves a relatively safe and healthy effect!

Chlorine dioxide effervescent tablets are inexpensive, and their disinfection effect and safety are recognized worldwide. The disinfection process is not complicated, and adding this simple and straightforward process can greatly enhance health. Why not do it?