Surgical Instruments (Op) - Miele PG8582 CD Operating Instructions Manual

Areas of application
Rigid fibre optics
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Surgical instruments (OP)

The duration between using instruments and reprocessing them
should be kept as short as possible, and must not exceed 6 hours.
Surgical instruments including those used in minimally invasive
surgery should be thermally disinfected. Fully demineralised water
should be used for the final rinse whenever possible to ensure no
marks are left on the load and to avoid corrosion. If the water used
contains more than 100 mg chloride/litre there is a risk of corrosion.
Hinged instruments should be opened up and placed in mesh trays.
They must not cover each other.
 To avoid injury from instruments with upward-facing probes, the
washer-disinfector should be loaded from rear to front, and
unloaded from front to rear.
Instruments should be dismantled in accordance with their
manufacturer's instructions and any caps or seals removed and taps
opened to ensure that suds solution can access lumen and hollow
sections.
Instruments with narrow lumen must be manually pre-rinsed where
necessary. Follow the instrument manufacturer's instructions on
how to handle them.
 To avoid mechanical damage only process rigid fibre optics in
inserts made by the rigid fibre optic manufacturer or in a special
insert such as the E 460.