Miele PG 8591 Operating Instructions Manual page 15

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Should personnel accidentally come into contact with toxic
vapours or processing chemicals, consult the manufacturer's safety
data sheets for emergency procedures.
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Always allow wash carts, baskets, modules, inserts, and loads to
cool down before unloading. Any water remaining in concave items
could still be very hot. Empty them into the wash cabinet before
taking them out.
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Never clean the machine or surrounding area with a water hose or
a pressure washer.
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The machine must be disconnected from the mains electricity
supply before any maintenance or repair work is carried out.
Quality assurance
The following points should be observed, to assist in maintaining
quality standards when reprocessing medical devices, in order to
protect patients, and to avoid damage to property.
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If it is necessary to interrupt a program in exceptional
circumstances, this may only be done by authorised personnel.
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The standard of cleaning and disinfection in the disinfection
programs must be routinely confirmed by the user. The process
should be regularly tested and documented, both thermo-electrically
and through inspection.
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For thermal disinfection, use temperatures and holding times to
achieve the required infection prophylaxis in accordance with current
health and safety regulations.
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Make sure items being washed are suitable for machine
processing and are in good condition. Plastic items must be thermally
stable. Nickel plated items and anodised aluminum items can be
machine processed using special procedures only.
Items containing iron, and soiling containing residual rust must not be
placed in the cabinet.
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Under certain circumstances, process chemicals can cause
damage to the machine. Users are urged to follow the
recommendations issued by manufacturers of process chemicals.
Contact Miele Service in the event of damage and any suspicion of
material incompatibility.
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Instrument care products based on paraffin oils (white oils) can
damage elastomers and plastics in the machine. Such care products
may not be dispensed as chemical agents in these machines even if
they are recommended for machine use by the care product
manufacturer.
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