Use humidifier with pure water

The air in winter is very dry, which causes discomfort for people. A electric humidifier is an ideal solution in dry air. However, if you use it incorrect, it will cause illness. Patient with arthriti or diabete should be cautious in using humidifier since it increase the risk to aggravate such illness. 

To avoid proliferation of germs, it is highly recommended to replace the water in humidifier every day and clean the whole unit every week. It is better to pour pure water instead of tap water into humidifier, because microbe or germ in tap water might pollute the air.  

Pay attention to the location of humidifier. Keep a proper distance from humidifier since user might be caught a cold by the cool mist of humidifier. For humidifier which makes hot mist, please pay attention to avoid scald. Also, please keep a distance of 1 meter minimum from humidifier to other appliances to avoid damp on these appliances.

To increase the humidity quickly, the door and window of room should be closed. But please keep in mind that if the door and window are closed for too long time while humidity increases continuously plus using of heater, the air is easy to be polluted because such environment is easy to cause microbe or germ, which is harmful to health.