sterile water for irrigation vs inhalation

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Hi all!

If I'm giving cool mist over night to a trach patient and run out of "sterile inhalation water" am I able to sub "sterile water for irrigation?"

is is there a difference? Will it harm my patient? Thanks!

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When we run out of inhalation bags, we use regular sterile water bottles to to manually fill. I think it would be okay.

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Thank you for your help!

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