Glossary - Thermo Scientific VARIOKLAV 25T Operating Manual

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A
Actual temperature
B
Bench-top sterilizer
C
Chamber
Chamber temperature
Condensate
To configure programs
Control system
Cycle
D
Deaeration time
Disinfection
Distilled water
Drying time
E
Exhaust air filtration
Equilibration time
F
Feed water
FRVV
Fully deionized water
I
Infectious
M
Mechanical locking stop
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Effective temperature
Steam sterilizer to be placed on a table
That part of the sterilizing chamber designated to
receive the sterilizing articles
Temperature in the sterilizing chamber
Water vapour, which has precipitated onto a surface
and liquefied
To change permanently
Electronic unit controlling program execution
Sequence of sterilization phases
Time period until air has been removed from the sterilizer
Destruction of disease-causing agents
Water free of minerals and salts
Time needed for drying
Filtration system for safe sterilization of infectious material
(with pathogen bioburden). Cleanses the exhaust air from
the sterilizer during the heating and sterilizing phases.
Time period until all sterilizing articles have reached the
chamber temperature
Deionized water in the sterilizing chamber which is
heated to provide the sterilizing steam
Fractionated prevacuum
Water from which all minerals and salts have been
removed by ion exchange (anions for OH
+
H ) or reverse osmosis; not the same as softened water
Catching
Safety feature which prevents the door from being
opened under pressure
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