Starting A Cleaning / Disinfection Program - Fresenius Medical Care 5008 Operating Instructions Manual

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Starting a Cleaning / Disinfection Program

Fresenius Medical Care 5008 OP 5/09.06
Caution
Cleaning programs in progress involve the following risks:
– Heat disinfection (risk of scalding)
– Heat disinfection (risk of scalding and caustic burning)
– Disinfection (risk of caustic burning)
These risks are particularly present on the following accessible machine
parts:
– Concentrate and bicarbonate flap
– Dialysate lines and dialysate connectors
– Vent tubing (rear of system)
– Water drain
– Filter 1,
Filter 2 (only with ONLINEplus™)
if the door of the dialysate filter chamber is open
– Substituate port and rinse port (only with ONLINEplus™)
These risks can be present as long as the respective cleaning program
is not yet completed.
Note
Flow alarms during cleaning programs will increase the length of the
cleaning program at least by the time of the alarm.
The count-down times shown during the cleaning programs are
calculated values. This time may vary depending on the ambient
conditions.
Note
®
The DIASAFE plus may be cleaned a maximum of 11 times with
®
Sporotal 100 within its filter life. The cleaning procedures with
®
Sporotal 100 are monitored and indicated by the hemodialysis system.
CLEANING SCREEN
Select the desired cleaning program.
Touch the Start cleaning program button.
The color of the header bar is yellow for the duration of the cleaning
program.
Caution
While the cleaning programs are in progress, it is not permitted to
connect the dialysate lines to the dialyzer.
Depending on the settings in the Operator setup, it is also
possible to start the cleaning programs automatically.
Chapter 8: Cleaning
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