Intended Use - Miele G 7825 Operating Instructions Manual

Intended use

This washer-disinfector can be used to clean, rinse, disinfect and dry
a wide range of reusable medical devices, laboratory equipment and
accessories. Follow the manufacturer's instructions on how to pro-
cess medical devices by machine (EN ISO 17664) as well as laborat-
ory equipment.
Examples of application areas:
– surgical instruments
– minimally invasive instruments
– instruments for anaesthetics and intensive care
– baby bottles and teats
– operating theatre shoes
– supply and disposal containers
– laboratory equipment used in research and production
– laboratory equipment used in analytical and preparative applica-
tions
– laboratory equipment used in microbiology and biotechnology
Laboratory equipment includes devices ranging from evaporating
dishes to centrifuge tubes.
Medical devices, laboratory glassware and laboratory utensils for re-
processing are referred to as the wash load if they are not more
closely defined.
Processing instruments by machine achieves reproducible results and
should be used in preference to processing them by hand. Where dis-
infection is required for the protection of staff and/or patients, a
thermal disinfection programme, e.g. the DESIN Vario TD programme
should be selected. Heat-sensitive theatre shoes are an exception to
this; the CHEM-DESIN programme is available for these.
According to the A0 concept described in EN ISO 15883-1, thermal
disinfection occurs at 80 °C (+ 5 °C, - 0 °C) with 10 min holding time
(A0 600), or at 90 °C (+ 5 °C, - 0 °C) with 5 min holding time (A0
3000), depending on the disinfection result required. The efficacy
standard A0 3000 is suitable for deactivating the HBV virus.
Regional and/or other official directives may apply (e.g. cf PP 01-01 in
the UK).
The cleaning programme as well as any chemical agents must be
chosen according to the type of soiling and load being processed.
Chemical agents should be selected to suit the level of cleaning re-
quired as well as the method of analysis used.
The cleaning result must ensure that the instruments can be disinfec-
ted correctly, that no residues are left behind, that subsequent steril-
isation can be carried out and that the instruments can be used again
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