Safety Devices - Leica CM1860 Instructions For Use Manual

2. Safety
2.3

Safety devices

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The instrument is equipped with the following safety devices: Handwheel
lock and knife guard on the knife holder.
To prevent adverse health effects from UV radiation, the UV dis-
infection cycle can be started only after the sliding window has
been properly closed. Closing the window activates the corre-
sponding safety features.
The consistent use of these safety features and strict observation of the
warnings and cautions in these Instructions for Use will safeguard the
operator from accidents and/or personal injury to a great extent.
Personal safety precautions
When working with cryostats, personal safety precautions must
always be taken. It is mandatory to wear work safety shoes, safe-
ty gloves, a mask and safety goggles.
UVC disinfection
faces and air within the irradiated working area of the
Leica CM1850UV, CM1860UV and CM1950 cryostats at -20 °C
( Table 1, see I. Maier certificate). For powerful disinfection, we
recommend irradiation for three hours (CM1850UV/CM1860UV/
CM1950). Vegetative bacteria including Mycobacterium tuber-
culosis, bacterial endospores (Bacillus sp.) and fungi are killed
during this time. Even viruses including such resistant species
as hepatitis are inactivated up to at least 4 log10 units (99.99 %).
is effective when
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disinfecting sur-