Instructions for Use & Product Care

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IMPORTANT: New spacers must be washed before they are used for the first time.

Wash in liquid dishwashing detergent and air-dry without rinsing.

- See Cleaning instruction section below

USING YOUR SPACERSAVER 

· Extend spacer to full capacity
· Shake puffer well, remove puffer cap then attach puffer to small end of spacer
· Seal your lips around the mouthpiece (for infants and young children disconnect the Spacer at it's centre to place the open end of the spacer over your child’s mouth and nose)
· Breathe out gently
· Fire one puff of the medicine into the spacer

· Take a long breath in slowly and deeply, then hold your breath for at least 5 seconds or as long as comfortable*
· Breathe out
· Repeat process if you require more puffs of medication**

* YOUNG CHILDREN OR IN AN EMERGENCY: 

Breathe in and out normally for 4 breaths, before the next puff is fired into the spacer.

** Make sure you only put one puff of medication into your spacer at a time. If you put more than one puff in, the medication sticks together and then drops to the bottom of the spacer before you have time to breathe it in. This means you get less medication into your lungs.

CLEANING YOUR SPACER

· Extend mouthpiece and spacer to full capacity and disconnect / separate spacer top from spacer base 

· Wash spacer in warm water with dishwashing detergent

· DO NOT RINSE OFF THE BUBBLES

· Allow spacer to air dry (not dried with paper or a tea towel) as the residue of the bubbles from the detergent forms a coating on the inside of the spacer (this stops the creation of static electricity inside, which can make the medication stick to the sides of the spacer instead of travelling through)

· Wash your spacer about every month, or when you’ve been unwell

· Replace your spacer about every 12 months if you use it every day, and if it splits or cracks, get a new one straight away

NOTE: If you do not regularly clean your spacer it will not work to its optimum.