While water from your tap generally is safe to drink, you should not use it for at-home medical purposes like sinus rinsing, washing contact lenses, and filling respiratory devices.
These types of cases are rare, but it is important that the public understands how to “minimize their exposure to those germs at home,” she says, especially if they are particularly vulnerable to infection.To capture how the American public understands water sterility and how they use tap water at home, Miko and colleagues designed a survey that they sent to people ages 18 and above from Aug. 16 through Aug. 18, 2021. The nationwide sample was then weighted to represent of the U.S.
About 63% of people correctly answered that sterile water does not contain any bacteria or other microorganisms, and two-thirds knew that tap water could contain these microbes. But there was a disconnect on what was safe for at-home medical use, Miko says. But far fewer people reported actually using tap water for these tasks. About one in four said they filled medical respirator devices with tap water, 12.7% said they used tap water for nasal rinsing, and about 9% said they used it to rinse contact lenses.
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